화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.37, No.2, 358-365, February, 2020
DOI10.1007/s11814-019-0425-5  Export Citation
Trisodium citrate-assisted synthesis of BiOBr nanostructure catalyst for efficient activity under visible light
Weiming Zhou1, Yifan Jiang1, Shichang Sun1, Mingxin Zhang1, Ibrahim Lawan1, Gerard Franklyn Fernando1, 2, Liwei Wang3, 4, †, and Zhanhui Yuan1, †
  • 1College of Materials Engineering, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
  • 2School of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
  • 3Fujian Key Laboratory of Novel Functional Textile Fibers and Materials (Minjiang University), Fuzhou 350108, China
  • 4Ocean College, Minjiang University, Fuzhou 350108, China
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A simple one step wet-chemical method assisted by trisodium citrate was employed in the synthesis of BiOBr applied as a photocatalyst. Photocatalytic activity of the BiOBr was investigated for the degradation of Rhodamine B (RhB) dye under visible light irradiation (λ>420 nm). The results indicated that trisodium citrate is more favorable to the formation of hierarchical architectures and reduces the particle size of BiOBr photocatalyst. BiOBr with hierarchical architectures exhibiting significantly higher catalytic activity than that with ordinary nanostructure. The significant improvement could be attributed to the high specific surface area (24.14m2ㆍg-1), average pore sizes (34.09 nm) and average pore volume (0.24 cm3ㆍg-1).
Keywords:BiOBr;Trisodium Citrate;Visible Light Photocatalytic Activity;Hierarchical Architectures;High Specific Surface Area
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