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Preparation and characterization of highly photocatalytic active hierarchical BiOX (X=Cl, Br, I) microflowers for rhodamine B degradation with kinetic modelling studies

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The hierarchical BiOX (X=Cl, Br, I) microflowers were successfully synthesized via simple precipitation method at 160 °C for 24 h and characterized by XRD, SEM, TEM, UV-vis DRS and N2 adsorption-desorption techniques. The as-prepared samples were pure phases and of microflowers composed of nanosheets which intercrossed with each other. The specific surface areas were about 22.9, 17.3 and 16.2 m2/g for BiOCl, BiOBr and BiOI, respectively. The photocatalytic activities of BiOX powers were evaluated by RhB degradation under UV-vis light irradiation in the order of BiOCl > BiOBr > BiOI. Also, the kinetics of RhB degradation over BiOI was selectively investigated, demonstrating that the kinetics of RhB degradation follows apparent first-order kinetics and fits the Langmuir-Hinshelwood model.

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Gu, Yy., Zhao, L., Yang, My. et al. Preparation and characterization of highly photocatalytic active hierarchical BiOX (X=Cl, Br, I) microflowers for rhodamine B degradation with kinetic modelling studies. J. Cent. South Univ. 24, 754–765 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11771-017-3477-x

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