Bismuth-based compounds have been regarded as an important class of visible-light photocatalysts due to their special electronic structures. In this paper, iodide ions are introduced to modify bismuth-based compound,...Bismuth-based compounds have been regarded as an important class of visible-light photocatalysts due to their special electronic structures. In this paper, iodide ions are introduced to modify bismuth-based compound, Bi（24）O（31）Br（10）, forming a Bi（24）O（31）Br（10）/BiOI heterojunction structure. A significant enhancement of photocatalytic activity compared to the parent compounds is observed in de-coloration of rhodamine B（Rh.B） solution. The improved photocatalytic property of Bi（24）O（31）Br（10）/BiOI heterojunction is ascribed to the unique electronic structure consisting of complementary band structures of BiOI and Bi（24）O（31）Br（10）.Iodide ions are regarded as an effective reagent to construct bismuth-based photocatalytic heterojunctions with improved photocatalytic activity.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51072012 and 51272015)partially supported by the Ph.D. Research Startup Foundation of Henan Normal University (No. 5101029170290)the Australian Research Council through a Discovery Project (DP140102581)
文摘Bismuth-based compounds have been regarded as an important class of visible-light photocatalysts due to their special electronic structures. In this paper, iodide ions are introduced to modify bismuth-based compound, Bi（24）O（31）Br（10）, forming a Bi（24）O（31）Br（10）/BiOI heterojunction structure. A significant enhancement of photocatalytic activity compared to the parent compounds is observed in de-coloration of rhodamine B（Rh.B） solution. The improved photocatalytic property of Bi（24）O（31）Br（10）/BiOI heterojunction is ascribed to the unique electronic structure consisting of complementary band structures of BiOI and Bi（24）O（31）Br（10）.Iodide ions are regarded as an effective reagent to construct bismuth-based photocatalytic heterojunctions with improved photocatalytic activity.
