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Photocatalytic decomposition of water with Bi2InNbO7

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We report the observation of the photocatalytic property of the Bi2InNbO7 compound for the first time. A polycrystalline sample of Bi2InNbO7 was synthesized by the solid state reaction and characterized by powder X-ray diffraction and Rietveld structure refinement. The H2 and CO evolutions were obtained from Pt/CH3OH/H2O solution and O2 evolution was generated from an aqueous cerium sulfate solution. H2 was evolved from pure H2O under UV irradiation. A magnetic susceptibility measurement indicated that the O2 formed from pure H2O is photoadsorbed on the surface of the Bi2InNbO7 particles.

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  1. National Institute of Materials and Chemical Research, 1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305, Japan

    Zhigang Zou & Hironori Arakawa

  2. National Research Institute for Metals, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305, Japan

    Jinhua Ye

  3. Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226, Japan

    Ryu Abe

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Zou, Z., Ye, J., Abe, R. et al. Photocatalytic decomposition of water with Bi2InNbO7 . Catalysis Letters 68, 235–239 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019052007880

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