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Optical properties and visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity of Bi8V2O17 nanoparticles

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Bi8V2O17 (4Bi2O3·V2O5) nanoparticles with the uniform size of about 50 nm were fabricated through the Pechini method. The crystal structure was investigated by X-ray powder diffraction and the structural refinement. The surface of the as-synthesized samples was characterized by scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), transmission electron microscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The optical properties, band structure, and the degradation mechanisms were discussed. The experimental results demonstrate that Bi8V2O17 nanoparticles have an efficient visible-light absorption with band-gap energy of 1.85 eV and a direct allowed electronic transition. The photocatalytic activity was evaluated by the photodegradation of the methylene blue (MB) under visible-light irradiation (λ > 420 nm) as a function of time. These results indicate that Bi8V2O17 could be a potential photocatalyst driven by visible light. The effective photocatalytic activity was discussed on the base of the crystal structure characteristic.

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This work was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (NRF-2013RA1A2009154) and by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD), China.

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    Yinfu Pu, Ting Liu & Yanlin Huang

  2. Department of Physics and Interdisciplinary Program of Biomedical, Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan, 608-737, Republic of Korea

    Cuili Chen, Sun Il Kim & Hyo Jin Seo

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Pu, Y., Liu, T., Huang, Y. et al. Optical properties and visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity of Bi8V2O17 nanoparticles. J Nanopart Res 17, 202 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-015-3013-6

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