화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.30, 183-189, October, 2015
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2015.05.020  Export Citation
Comparative study on photocatalytic performances of crystalline a- and b-Bi2O3 nanoparticles under visible light
Mohammed Jalalah1, 2, M. Faisal1, Houcine Bouzid1, 3, Jea-Gun Park4, S.A. Al-Sayari1, 5, and Adel A. Ismail1, 6, †
  • 1Promising Centre for Sensors and Electronic Devices (PCSED), Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia
  • 2Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia
  • 3Laboratoire des Materiaux Ferroelectriques, Faculte des Sciences de Sfax, Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia
  • 4Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Republic of Korea
  • 5Chemistry Department, Science and Art at Sharurah, Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia
  • 6Central Metallurgical R&D Institute, CMRDI, Cairo, Egypt
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a- and b-Bi2O3 nanoparticles were synthesized in the presence of either urea or polyethylene glycol. The XRD, TEM, and Raman analysis indicated that a-(monoclinic) Bi2O3 nanoparticles were obtained using either sol.gel or hydrothermal method in the presence of urea; however b-(tetragonal) phase of Bi2O3 was formed using hydrothermal method in the presence of polyethylene glycol. The b-Bi2O3 nanoparticles exhibited higher photocatalytic activity than a-Bi2O3. MB was completely photodegraded after 6 h of visible light illumination using b-Bi2O3 photocatalyst whereas only 30% was photodegraded using a-Bi2O3. The photodegradation rate of b-Bi2O3 was 5.7 times greater than that a-Bi2O3 nanoparticles.
Keywords:a- & b-Bi2O3;Photocatalyst;Photodegradation;Organic contamination
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