Seeking environmentally friendly halide perovskite photocatalysts: synthesis, structure and photocatalytic performance exploration

Dalton Trans. 2024 Jan 2;53(2):512-519. doi: 10.1039/d3dt02990e.

Abstract

Halide perovskites have high photoelectric conversion efficiency, making them promising candidates for photocatalysis. However, their toxic and unstable nature limits their applications. Here, we successfully synthesised three hybrid Bi-based halide perovskites: (HTMG)3Bi2Br9 (1), (HEI)2BiBr5 (2) and (HTMA)3Bi2Br9 (3). X-ray single-crystal diffraction analysis shows that they all contained 0D structures composed of isolated Bi-Br clusters. The three compounds showed excellent degradability and cycling stability for Sudan III dissolved in ethanol under simulated sunlight. In addition, the photocatalytic degradation performance of four Bi-based halide perovskites previously reported by our group is also characterised and summarised in this work.