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Solid state synthesis and characterization of n–p (SnO2)1.3/(α ∼ Bi2O3)x/(β ∼ Bi2O3)1−x photocatalyst modulated by PVA and its photocatalytic performance

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A kind of n–p (SnO2)1.3/(α ∼ Bi2O3)x/(β ∼ Bi2O3)1−x nanocomposite (SB-15) was synthesized with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as a template by solid state synthesis. XRD and HR-TEM confirmed the formation of n–p (SnO2)1.3/(α ∼ Bi2O3)x/(β ∼ Bi2O3)1−x. Particle size is found to be about 18 nm from HR-TEM images. FE-SEM clearly detected the boundary between SnO2 nanoparticles and Bi2O3 polyhedron particles. The special morphology and coexisting of α-Bi2O3 and β-Bi2O3 in SB-15 make it have a stronger visible light absorption range as far as 725 nm. PL and photocurrent test shows that the SB-15 has the best photocarriers separation capability. About 99% decolorization ratio of Rh.B was achieved in only 5 min. About 70% Cr6+ was degraded within 20 min and it is about 60% for tetracycline in the coexisting system (Te with Cr6+ solution), introducing it as a promising photocatalytic material. This work has addressed the method of phase-selective synthesis of n–p SnO2/α ∼ Bi2O3/β ∼ Bi2O3 by convenient solid state synthesis, which should be useful for the studies of other composites.

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This project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51362003, 51762004), the Key Research Project of Hunan Provincial Department of Education (17A145), and the Key Research Project of Xinjiang Agricultural and Vocational Technical college (XJNZYKJ201502).

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    Taoyu Qiu & Qingge Feng

  2. College of Biotechnology, XinJiang Agricultural and Vocational Technical College, Changji, Xinjiang, 831100, China

    Taoyu Qiu

  3. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Nanning, 530004, China

    Weiwei Zhu

  4. College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Hunan University of Arts and Science, Changde, 415000, China

    Shaoyou Liu

  5. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China

    Kao Chen

  6. School of Resources, Environment and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China

    Siliang Liang & Qingge Feng

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Qiu, T., Zhu, W., Liu, S. et al. Solid state synthesis and characterization of n–p (SnO2)1.3/(α ∼ Bi2O3)x/(β ∼ Bi2O3)1−x photocatalyst modulated by PVA and its photocatalytic performance. Journal of Materials Research 34, 1805–1817 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2019.153

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