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Formation of BiOCl/Bi2O3 and Related Materials for Efficient Visible-Light Photocatalysis

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Novel heterojunction structures of BiOCl/Bi2O3 exhibit remarkable photocatalytic activities in decomposing organic compounds in gas or aqueous phase under visible-light irradiation, even though individual BiOCl and Bi2O3 show negligible catalytic efficiency. In this BiOCl/Bi2O3 system, the BiOCl with a band gap of 3.7 eV works as a main photocatalyst, while the Bi2O3 with a band gap of 2.6 eV plays a role as a sensitizer absorbing visible light. It is deduced that its photocatalytic activity is caused by the inter-semiconductor hole transfer between the valence band (VB) of Bi2O3 and BiOCl. Moreover, visible-light photocatalytic efficiency of BiOCl/Bi2O3 nanocomposite can be further enhanced by covering their surfaces with molecular WO3 species. It is found that monolayer coverage of WO3 maximizes the photocatalytic activity of WO3/BiOCl/Bi2O3 system, whereas further increase of WO3 concentration sharply decreases its activity, suggesting that the role of molecular WO3 on the surface of BiOCl/Bi2O3 is to improve the adsorption of organic species as well as OH− or H2O. Furthermore, the surface coverage of WO3 protects BiOCl/Bi2O3 system, thus notably extending its chemical- and photostability during photocatalytic reactions. BiOCl/Bi3O4Cl nanocomposites also exhibit considerable visible light photocatalytic efficiency. Herein the Bi3O4Cl plays a role as a sensitizer absorbing visible-light, and the significant visible-light photocatalytic activity of the BiOCl/Bi3O4Cl system originates from the hole (h+) transfer between the VB of Bi3O4Cl and BiOCl.

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This work was supported by the Korea Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (KCAP) funded by the Minister of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP) through the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea (2009-0093884), and Basic Science Research Program through NRF funded by the Ministry of Education (NRF-2015R1D1A1A01057390).

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    Sandipan Bera & Wan In Lee

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Bera, S., Lee, W.I. (2016). Formation of BiOCl/Bi2O3 and Related Materials for Efficient Visible-Light Photocatalysis. In: Yamashita, H., Li, H. (eds) Nanostructured Photocatalysts. Nanostructure Science and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26079-2_23

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