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  • Growth process and enhanced photocatalytic performance of CuBi2O4 hierarchical microcuboids decorated with AuAg alloy nanoparticles

    Author(s)
    Wang, F
    Yang, H
    Zhang, H
    Jiang, J
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Zhang, Haimin
    Year published
    2018
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    CuBi2O4 hierarchical microcuboids self-assembled from nanorods were synthesized via a coprecipitation method, and their growth process was investigated. The as-synthesized CuBi2O4 hierarchical microcuboids were decorated with AuAg alloy nanoparticles via a photocatalytic reduction method. The prepared samples were systematically investigated by XRD, SEM, TEM, XPS, UV–vis DRS, EIS, PL spectroscopy and photocurrent response. RhB was chosen as the target organic pollutant to evaluate the photocatalytic activity of the samples under simulated-sunlight irradiation. It is demonstrated that the prepared CuBi2O4 samples exhibit ...
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    CuBi2O4 hierarchical microcuboids self-assembled from nanorods were synthesized via a coprecipitation method, and their growth process was investigated. The as-synthesized CuBi2O4 hierarchical microcuboids were decorated with AuAg alloy nanoparticles via a photocatalytic reduction method. The prepared samples were systematically investigated by XRD, SEM, TEM, XPS, UV–vis DRS, EIS, PL spectroscopy and photocurrent response. RhB was chosen as the target organic pollutant to evaluate the photocatalytic activity of the samples under simulated-sunlight irradiation. It is demonstrated that the prepared CuBi2O4 samples exhibit excellent photocatalytic activity toward the degradation of RhB. Furthermore, the decoration of AuAg alloy nanoparticles on CuBi2O4 hierarchical microcuboids leads to much enhanced photocatalytic performance of the resultant AuAg–CuBi2O4 composite. The main reason for this is that the recombination rate of photogenerated electron–hole pairs is decreased due to the electron transfer from CuBi2O4 microcuboids to AuAg nanoparticles, and thus more charges are able to participate in the photocatalytic reactions. The effect of ethanol (scavenger of ·OH), BQ (scavenger of ⋅O−2) and AO (scavenger of h+) on the dye degradation and the yield of ·OH was also investigated. Based on the experimental results, it is confirmed that ·OH is the dominant reactive species responsible for the dye degradation. The underlying photocatalytic mechanism was discussed.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics
    Volume
    29
    Issue
    2
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-017-8036-6
    Subject
    Inorganic chemistry
    Materials engineering
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/385487
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