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An anion exchange strategy to synthesize BiPO4/BiOCl heterojunction at room temperature with efficient photocatalytic performance

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Photocatalytic degradation efficiency largely depends on the oxidation capacity of semiconductors. Among various kinds of alternative semiconductors, BiPO4 has a strong photooxidation ability. However, the synthesis of BiPO4 or BiPO4-based composites always requires high temperature due to the unique structure of BiPO4. Herein, BiPO4/BiOCl heterojunction photocatalysts were successfully fabricated by an anion exchange strategy at room temperature. BiOCl precursor was converted to BiPO4/BiOCl under a PO43+-rich environment. BiPO4/BiOCl showed enhanced photocatalytic performance of phenol degradation than BiOCl. The conversion process, crystal structure and chemical properties of BiPO4/BiOCl heterojunctions were analyzed and characterized by XRD, SEM, TEM, UV–Vis DRS, XPS and FT-IR. Results displayed that hexagonal BiPO4 rods appeared and grew when adding PO43− anions to tetragonal BiOCl nanosheets suspension solution, which formed intimate p–n heterojunction interface between BiOCl and BiPO4. This paper provides a new strategy to synthesize BiPO4-based heterojunction photocatalysts at room temperature.

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This work is financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21676178), Science and Technology Innovation Project of Shanxi Education Department (2019L0142), Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province (201901D211058), Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shanxi Province of China (Program 2020JQ-790), Youths Talents Support Program of Shanxi Association for Science and Technology (20190606), Scientific Research Program of Education Department of Shanxi Province (19JK0962).

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    Yahui Hou, Rui Lv, Zehui Jia, Lijun Guo, Jianxin Liu & Caimei Fan

  2. College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Food Engineering, Shanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Jinzhong, 030619, Shanxi, People’s Republic of China

    Yingyuan Hu

  3. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Chemical Reaction Engineering, Yanan University, Yanan, 716000, Shanxi, People’s Republic of China

    Xuan Jian

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Hou, Y., Hu, Y., Lv, R. et al. An anion exchange strategy to synthesize BiPO4/BiOCl heterojunction at room temperature with efficient photocatalytic performance. Appl. Phys. A 127, 195 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-021-04342-x

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