Surface Na2CO etching induced activity enhancement of 2D BiOI photocatalyst working under visible light

The visible light photocatalytic activity of two-dimensional （2D） BiOl microplates was intensively enhanced through simply dipping in Na2CO3 solutions at room temperature. The X-ray powder diffrac- tion （XRD） and scanning electron microscopy （SEM） investigations suggest that little amount of （BiO）2C...

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Published in科学通报：英文版 Vol. 62; no. 8; pp. 546 - 553
Main Author Lei Liang Jing Cao Haili Lin Shifu Chen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 2017
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Na2CO3
X射线粉末衍射法
二维
光催化剂
光催化活性
可见光
扫描电子显微镜
表面刻蚀
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Summary:The visible light photocatalytic activity of two-dimensional （2D） BiOl microplates was intensively enhanced through simply dipping in Na2CO3 solutions at room temperature. The X-ray powder diffrac- tion （XRD） and scanning electron microscopy （SEM） investigations suggest that little amount of （BiO）2CO3 phase was formed on the surface of 2D BiOI via the in situ chemical conversion. The concen- tration of Na2CO3 solutions affected the structure, morphology, light absorption and surface element component of 2D BiOl. The surface loaded （BiO）2CO3 mainly trapped the photoinduced electrons of BiOI, improved the separation efficiency of photocharges and finally raised the photocatalytic activity of BiOl under visible light （λ 〉 420 nm）. Furthermore, the product of the as-prepared （BiO）2CO3/BiOI displayed excellent stability in the repeated experiment. This study provides a facile way to improve the photocatalytic activity of BiOX （X = CI, Br, I） by means of surface treatment with Na2CO3 solutions.
Bibliography:The visible light photocatalytic activity of two-dimensional （2D） BiOl microplates was intensively enhanced through simply dipping in Na2CO3 solutions at room temperature. The X-ray powder diffrac- tion （XRD） and scanning electron microscopy （SEM） investigations suggest that little amount of （BiO）2CO3 phase was formed on the surface of 2D BiOI via the in situ chemical conversion. The concen- tration of Na2CO3 solutions affected the structure, morphology, light absorption and surface element component of 2D BiOl. The surface loaded （BiO）2CO3 mainly trapped the photoinduced electrons of BiOI, improved the separation efficiency of photocharges and finally raised the photocatalytic activity of BiOl under visible light （λ 〉 420 nm）. Furthermore, the product of the as-prepared （BiO）2CO3/BiOI displayed excellent stability in the repeated experiment. This study provides a facile way to improve the photocatalytic activity of BiOX （X = CI, Br, I） by means of surface treatment with Na2CO3 solutions.
2D BiOI;In situ conversion;Photocatalysis;Surface charge separation
10-1298/N
ISSN:2095-9273