Bi2MoO6 nanobelts for crystal facet-enhanced photocatalysis

Jinlin Long; Shuchao Wang; Hongjin Chang; Baozhou Zhao; Botong Liu; Yangen Zhou; Wei Wei; Xuxu Wang; Ling Huang; Wei Huang

doi:10.1002/smll.201302950

Bi2MoO6 nanobelts for crystal facet-enhanced photocatalysis

Small. 2014 Jul 23;10(14):2791-5, 2741. doi: 10.1002/smll.201302950. Epub 2014 Mar 25.

Authors

Jinlin Long¹, Shuchao Wang, Hongjin Chang, Baozhou Zhao, Botong Liu, Yangen Zhou, Wei Wei, Xuxu Wang, Ling Huang, Wei Huang

Affiliation

¹ Research Institute of Photocatalysis, State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, China; School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 637457, Singapore.

PMID: 24664483
DOI: 10.1002/smll.201302950

Abstract

γ-Bi2MoO6 single-crystal nanobelts with dominant {010} facets exhibit facet-enhanced photocatalytic property for the photodegradation of dye pollutants under visible light irradiation. The charge carriers are more efficiently separated on the low-index facets due to the exposure of more photoactive sites to the reacting substrates.

Keywords: bismuth molybdate; crystal facet-enhancement; nanobelt; photocatalysis.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't