Synthesis of Bi-B2O3C hybrid nanocomposite as a high performance photocatalyst
Author(s)
Chu, Shasha
Yang, Chao
Niu, Chunge
Li, Zhijuan
Wang, Jide
Su, Xintai
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2014
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Two-dimensional nanostructures of Bi–Bi2O3/C hybrid composites were directly synthesized from metal–oleate precursor through a melting-salt process. The Bi–Bi2O3 nanoparticles with the size about 40–100 nm were wrapped by the thin carbon layers. The photocatalytic activities of the as-prepared nanocomposite were evaluated by the degradation of methylene blue (MB), methyl orange (MO) and Rhodamine B (RhB) dyes under UV irradiation. Furthermore, the degradation rate of MB, MO and RhB was approached to 90.8%, 96.2% and 99.7% within 210 min, respectively. The new synthetic procedure is simple, inexpensive and non-toxic and the ...
View more >Two-dimensional nanostructures of Bi–Bi2O3/C hybrid composites were directly synthesized from metal–oleate precursor through a melting-salt process. The Bi–Bi2O3 nanoparticles with the size about 40–100 nm were wrapped by the thin carbon layers. The photocatalytic activities of the as-prepared nanocomposite were evaluated by the degradation of methylene blue (MB), methyl orange (MO) and Rhodamine B (RhB) dyes under UV irradiation. Furthermore, the degradation rate of MB, MO and RhB was approached to 90.8%, 96.2% and 99.7% within 210 min, respectively. The new synthetic procedure is simple, inexpensive and non-toxic and the highly ordered 2-D structure of these nanocomposites has great potential for many future applications.
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View more >Two-dimensional nanostructures of Bi–Bi2O3/C hybrid composites were directly synthesized from metal–oleate precursor through a melting-salt process. The Bi–Bi2O3 nanoparticles with the size about 40–100 nm were wrapped by the thin carbon layers. The photocatalytic activities of the as-prepared nanocomposite were evaluated by the degradation of methylene blue (MB), methyl orange (MO) and Rhodamine B (RhB) dyes under UV irradiation. Furthermore, the degradation rate of MB, MO and RhB was approached to 90.8%, 96.2% and 99.7% within 210 min, respectively. The new synthetic procedure is simple, inexpensive and non-toxic and the highly ordered 2-D structure of these nanocomposites has great potential for many future applications.
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Journal Title
Materials Letters
Volume
136
Subject
Chemical Engineering not elsewhere classified
Physical Sciences
Chemical Sciences
Engineering