A Bi-based oxychloride PbBiO2Cl as a novel efficient photocatalyst

  • Zhichao Shan
  • , Xinping Lin
  • , Minling Liu
  • , Hanming Ding*
  • , Fuqiang Huang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A novel visible-light-driven layered photocatalyst of Bi-based PbBiO2Cl is prepared by solid-state reaction. The optical band gap of PbBiO2Cl is determined to be 2.45 eV by UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. Generally, the photocatalytic activity for degrading methyl orange (MO) over PbBiO2Cl is higher than that over anatase-type TiO2 under UV light and visible light illumination. The RuO2 loading over PbBiO2Cl leads to an obvious increase in photocatalytic performance. The internal electric fields between [PbBiO2] and [Cl] slabs are considered to be useful for the efficient separation of electron-hole pairs upon photoexcitation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1163-1169
Number of pages7
JournalSolid State Sciences
Volume11
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2009

Keywords

  • Anatase TiO
  • MO
  • PbBiOCl
  • Photocatalysis
  • RuO loading

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