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Visible light-driven flower-like Bi/BiOClxBr(1−x) heterojunction with excellent photocatalytic performance

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In this work, a series of flower-like Bi/BiOClxBr(1−x) heterojunction photocatalysts have been developed. Bi nanoparticles were grown on the BiOClxBr(1−x) nanosheets via an in situ chemical reduction with the assistance of cetyltrimethylammonium chloride and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide aqueous solution. The in situ growth of Bi nanoparticles on the BiOClxBr(1−x) nanosheets could not only give rise to the optical absorption in the visible region, but also promote the photocatalytic performance of BiOClxBr(1−x). Bi/BiOCl0.8Br0.2 exhibited the highest photocatalytic performance, which could completely degrade RhB in 12 min under the UV light irradiation and 6 min under visible light irradiation, respectively. Moreover, holes and superoxide radicals were verified to be the primarily active species in the photocatalytic process.

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The work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. U1705256, 61306077), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (JB-ZR1109, JB-ZR1212), Promotion Program for Young and Middle-aged Teacher in Science and Technology Research of Huaqiao University (ZQN-PY207), Discipline Innovation Team Project of Huaqiao University (201320), and the Open Project Program of Provincial Key Laboratory of Eco-Industrial Green Technology of Wuyi University.

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    Yunfang Huang, Hui Xu, Dan Luo & Yuezhu Zhao

  2. Research Center of Environment-Friendly Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, China

    Yunfang Huang, Hui Xu, Dan Luo, Qiyao Guo, Yuezhu Zhao, Yu Fang, Yuelin Wei, Leqing Fan & Jihuai Wu

  3. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, China

    Qiyao Guo, Yu Fang, Yuelin Wei, Leqing Fan & Jihuai Wu

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Huang, Y., Xu, H., Luo, D. et al. Visible light-driven flower-like Bi/BiOClxBr(1−x) heterojunction with excellent photocatalytic performance. J IRAN CHEM SOC 16, 2743–2754 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13738-019-01737-9

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