Applied Organometallic Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
38(9)
Published: July 8, 2024
Bi/BiOCl
with
oxygen
vacancies
composite
was
synthesized
through
a
facile
and
rapid
in
situ
surface
reduction
of
BiOCl,
utilizing
NaBH
4
as
the
reductant.
The
process
yielded
metallic
Bi
nanoparticles
on
BiOCl
meanwhile
created
within
lattice.
As
consequence,
as‐synthesized
composites
exhibited
substantially
enhanced
visible‐light
absorption
capacity,
whereas
pure
only
responsive
to
ultraviolet
light.
Additionally,
demonstrated
markedly
accelerated
photodegradation
rate
Rhodamine,
exceeding
that
P25
by
factor
6.10
19.74,
respectively.
density
functional
theory
(DFT)
calculation
carried
out
estimate
band
structural
electronic
properties
samples.
Based
systematic
analysis,
underlying
mechanism
attributed
extended
light
range
due
plasma
resonance
formation
vacancy
energy
level.
Moreover,
electron
sink
effect
found
suppress
recombination
photoinduced
charges,
further
contributing
photocatalytic
performance
Bi/BiOCl.
Dalton Transactions,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
52(41), P. 14956 - 14966
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
The
development
of
efficient
and
economical
photocatalysts
is
considered
a
promising
strategy
for
pollution
remediation.
Magnetically
separable
SnIn4S8/ZnFe2O4
composites
(SIS/ZFO)
were
prepared
by
combining
SIS
with
ZFO.
composite
30%
ZFO
mass
ratio
(SIS/ZFO-30)
was
the
most
effective
achieved
60%
removal
tetracycline
(TC)
in
120
min.
It
has
rate
constant
7.94
×
10-3
min-1,
which
6.3
27.2
times
higher
than
those
pure
ZFO,
respectively.
improved
photocatalytic
performance
can
be
attributed
to
formation
S-scheme
heterojunctions
between
results
strong
absorption
visible
light,
enhanced
separation
electron-hole
pairs,
redox
ability
photoinduced
charges.
Additionally,
SIS/ZFO
have
excellent
magnetic
properties
high
stability,
recovered
samples
still
retained
good
degradation
performances
after
four
cycles
experiments.
Thus,
coupling
provides
valuable
enhancing
potential
offers
pathway
water
