Facile synthesis of BiOCl nano-flowers of narrow band gap and their visible-light-induced photocatalytic property

Lang Chen; Shuang Feng Yin; Rui Huang; Yan Zhou; Sheng Lian Luo; Chak Tong Au

doi:10.1016/j.catcom.2012.03.001

Facile synthesis of BiOCl nano-flowers of narrow band gap and their visible-light-induced photocatalytic property

Lang Chen, Shuang Feng Yin^*, Rui Huang, Yan Zhou, Sheng Lian Luo, Chak Tong Au

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Abstract

Novel nanostructured flower-like bismuth oxychloride (BiOCl) has been fast synthesized by a simple method in the presence of nitric acid and l-Lysine. The BiOCl nano-flowers, with a narrow band gap (2.87 eV), show excellent photocatalytic activity in the degradation of Rh-B dye under visible light (λ ≥435 nm), much higher than those of the photocatalysts ever reported in the literatures.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	54-57
Number of pages	4
Journal	Catalysis Communications
Volume	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2012.03.001
Publication status	Published - 5 Jun 2012

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BiOCl nanoflower
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Photodegradation
Semiconductors

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