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Preparation and first-principles study for electronic structures of BiOI/BiOCl composites with highly improved photocatalytic and adsorption performances.
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Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemistry . Nov2016, Vol. 423, p1-11. 11p. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- The BiOI/BiOCl composites with high photocatalyitic and adsorption ablities were prepared via a facile ionic liquid assisted ultrasonic method in several hours at room temperature. The BiOI/BiOCl composites with different contents of BiOI can be conveniently synthesized via changing the amount of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium iodide precursor during the preparation process. Microstructures, morphologies, porosities and bandgaps of the as-prepared samples were determined through various experimental methods. A first-principles calculation was employed to explicate electronic structures of the complex. Photocatalytic results suggest that the obtained BiOI/BiOCl composite with 40% BiOI has the highest photoactivity for the degradation of rhodamine-B and quinoline blue under visible light irradiation. All the rhodamine-B and quinoline blue can be degraded in 25 min and 15 min, respectively. To observe the universality of the BiOI/BiOCl, the degradation results of colorless target pollutant (tetracycline) was also investigated. Based on experimental and computational results, origins of the photocatalytic abilities leading to the observed results were proposed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13811169
- Volume :
- 423
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemistry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 117836167
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcata.2016.06.007