Effects of Zirconium Doping Into a Monoclinic Scheelite BiVO 4 Crystal on Its Structural, Photocatalytic, and Photoelectrochemical Properties

Effects of zirconium (Zr) doping into BiVO powder on its structural properties and photocatalytic activity for O evolution were examined. The formation of BiVO powder crystallized in a monoclinic scheelite structure ( -BiVO ) was achieved when the sample was doped with a relatively small amount of Z...

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Published inFrontiers in chemistry Vol. 6; p. 266
Main Authors Ikeda, Shigeru, Kawaguchi, Takato, Higuchi, Yui, Kawasaki, Naoto, Harada, Takashi, Remeika, Mikas, Islam, Muhammad M, Sakurai, Takeaki
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland 2018
Subjects
Zr-doping
water oxidation
bismuth vanadate
crystalline structure
photocatalysis
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Summary:Effects of zirconium (Zr) doping into BiVO powder on its structural properties and photocatalytic activity for O evolution were examined. The formation of BiVO powder crystallized in a monoclinic scheelite structure ( -BiVO ) was achieved when the sample was doped with a relatively small amount of Zr. The photocatalytic activity of Zr-doped -BiVO powder was much higher than that of non-doped -BiVO . However, further doping caused a reduction of photocatalytic activity for O evolution due to the occurrence of structural alterations into tetragonal scheelite and tetragonal zircon structures. Similar effects of Zr doping were also observed for the photoelectrochemical (PEC) system based on BiVO thin films doped with various amounts of Zr. Thus, Zr doping was confirmed to be effective for improvements of photocatalytic and PEC functions of BiVO for water oxidation.
ISSN:2296-2646
2296-2646