Synthesis and phase transfer of well-defined BiVO sub(4) nanocrystals for photocatalytic water splitting

A method to synthesize BiVO sub(4) nanoparticles and nanorods hydrothermally using sodium oleate as a capping ligand is presented. The BiVO sub(4) nanocrystals possessed the expected blue shift in absorbance relative to bulk that occurs with scaling of particle size. Next, we transferred the BiVO su...

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Published inRSC advances Vol. 5; no. 72; pp. 58755 - 58759
Main Authors Yehezkeli, Omer, Harguindey, Albert, Domaille, Dylan W, He, Liangcan, Cha, Jennifer N
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.07.2015
Subjects
Blue shift
Ligands
Nanocrystals
Nanoparticles
Nanorods
Reduction
Sodium
Solvents
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Summary:A method to synthesize BiVO sub(4) nanoparticles and nanorods hydrothermally using sodium oleate as a capping ligand is presented. The BiVO sub(4) nanocrystals possessed the expected blue shift in absorbance relative to bulk that occurs with scaling of particle size. Next, we transferred the BiVO sub(4) nanoparticles from organic solvents to water using two different ligands. These particles were tested as water oxidation and dye reduction catalysts.
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ISSN:2046-2069
DOI:10.1039/c5ra10454h