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Fabrication of a novel few-layer WS2/Bi2MoO6 plate-on-plate heterojunction structure with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity.
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Dalton Transactions: An International Journal of Inorganic Chemistry . 8/14/2018, Vol. 47 Issue 30, p10046-10056. 11p. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- In this study, a novel few-layer WS2/Bi2MoO6 heterojunction with greatly enhanced visible light photocatalytic performance was synthesized via a facile hydrothermal method. The results indicated that Bi2MoO6 nanosheets were directly grown on the surface of few-layer WS2 and form plate-on-plate heterojunctions. The synthesized nanocomposites exhibited excellent photocatalytic activity under visible-light irradiation. The optimal composite with 5 wt% WS2 showed the highest photocatalytic activity, whose degradation efficiencies and TOC removal were 99.5% and 91.7% for rhodamine B (RhB), 98.9% and 89.8% for ciprofloxacin (CIP), 76.0% and 67.8% for methylene blue (MB), and 69.3% and 58.6% for methimazole (MMI), respectively. Their excellent photocatalytic performance was predominantly ascribed to the construction of a plate-on-plate heterojunction structure between WS2 and Bi2MoO6, which could promote charge separation efficiency and enhance light harvesting efficiency. The present work provides a new understanding for extending the application of transition-metal dichalcogenides in the field of photocatalysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *HETEROJUNCTIONS
*PHOTOCATALYSIS
*HYDROTHERMAL synthesis
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14779226
- Volume :
- 47
- Issue :
- 30
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Dalton Transactions: An International Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 131005451
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c8dt02109k