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TiO2/BiOI heterostructured nanofibers: electrospinning–solvothermal two-step synthesis and visible-light photocatalytic performance investigation

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The TiO2/BiOI heterostructured nanofibers were prepared by electrospinning–solvothermal two-step process. The BiOI nanosheets, which owned a thickness of tens of nanometers and an average side length of about 300 nm, were intensive and crossed arranging on the TiO2 nanofibers whose diameter was about 400–550 nm and length was about 15–45 μm. The absorption edge of TiO2/BiOI heterostructured nanofibers was extended to more than 600 nm in visible-light region and the TiO2/BiOI exhibited enhanced visible-light photocatalytic performance and excellent recyclability compared to the individual TiO2 nanofibers and the BiOI microflowers in the photodecomposition of methylene blue, which was ascribed to nanoscale size heterostructure, narrow energy band, peculiar band gap structures, and porous surface structure.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51172133), Key Project of Chinese Ministry of Education (Grant No. 211098), Project of university innovation of Jinan (Grant No. 201303063), and Ministry of Education of Shandong Province (Grant No. J13LA01). The authors also thank the Analytical Center of Qilu University of Technology for technological support.

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  1. Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Processing and Testing Technology of Glass & Functional Ceramics, Shandong Polytechnic University, Jinan, 250353, People’s Republic of China

    Yonghui Zhang, Suwen Liu, Zhiliang Xiu, Qifang Lu & Guoshuai Liu

  2. Analytical Center, Shandong Polytechnic University, Jinan, 250353, People’s Republic of China

    Haiyan Sun

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Zhang, Y., Liu, S., Xiu, Z. et al. TiO2/BiOI heterostructured nanofibers: electrospinning–solvothermal two-step synthesis and visible-light photocatalytic performance investigation. J Nanopart Res 16, 2375 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-014-2375-5

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