Facile construction of a Bi6O6(OH)3(NO3)3·1.5H2O/Bi2O2CO3 heterojunction with enhanced photocatalytic degradation activity

Huilan Ye; Yiting Wu; Ziqing Zhong; Shichang Sun; Jia Chen; Weiming Zhou; Ibrahim Lawan; Liwei Wang; Zhanhui Yuan

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.39, No.4, 913-919, April, 2022

DOI10.1007/s11814-021-0977-z Export Citation

Facile construction of a Bi6O6(OH)3(NO3)3·1.5H2O/Bi2O2CO3 heterojunction with enhanced photocatalytic degradation activity

Huilan Ye, Yiting Wu, Ziqing Zhong, Shichang Sun, Jia Chen¹, Weiming Zhou, Ibrahim Lawan², Liwei Wang^{3, †}, and Zhanhui Yuan^†

College of Materials Engineering, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
¹College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
²Department of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering, Bayero University Kano, Nigeria
³Ocean College, Minjiang University, Fuzhou 350108, China

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A Bi6O6(OH)3(NO3)3·1.5H2O (BBN)/Bi2O2CO3 (BOC) heterojunction was designed for the first time via a facile hydrothermal method. The photocatalytic performance of catalysts was evaluated by degrading Rhodamine B (RhB) under simulated solar light irradiation. It was found that the degradation rate of RhB by 25 wt%BBN/BOC was dramatically increased about 1.5 and 4.7 times compared with that of pure BOC and BBN, respectively. The enhanced photocatalytic performance migth be attributed to the effective separation of photoinduced electron-hole pairs, benefiting from the construction of heterojunction. Furthermore, the mechanism upon BBN/BOC composites photocatalyst was investigated, expecting this work will bring new insight into the theoretical study and application of semiconductors materials.

Keywords:Bi6O6(OH)3(NO3)3·1.5H2O;Bi2O2CO3;Heterojunction;Semiconductors;Composite Materials

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