Hierarchical BiOCl microflowers with improved visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity by Fe(III) modification

Room‐Temperature Synthesis and Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance of BiOCl Microsphere

“…Typical Mott‐Schottky plot is presented in Figure d, and the positive slope of the Mott‐Schottky plot reveals that the BiOCl is n‐type semiconductor. The V fb value is determined to be about −1.3 V versus Ag/AgCl at pH 6.8 (equivalent to −1.1 V vs. normal hydrogen electrode (NHE)), which is in good agreement with the previous literature about BiOCl ,. In general, the V CB of n‐type semiconductor is very close to the V fb .…”

Bismuth oxychloride modified titanium phosphate nanoplates: A new p-n type heterostructured photocatalyst with high activity for the degradation of different kinds of organic pollutants

“…Apart from the diffraction peaks of titanium phosphate, some diffraction peaks were detected in the XRD patterns of BiOCl/TP composites at 12.0°, 24.1°, 25.9°, 32.5°and 33.4°, which can be indexed to (0 0 1), (0 0 2), (1 0 1), (32.5) and (1 0 2) planes of BiOCl (JCPDS No. 06-0249) [29][30][31]. It indicates the successful growth of BiOCl on the surface of titanium phosphate nanoplates.…”

Combustion Synthesis and Enhancement of BiOCl by Doping Eu3+ for Photodegradation of Organic Dye

“…As we all know, a lower recombination efficiency of the photoinduced e − and h + leads to a higher photocatalytic activity. For BiOCl with a wide band gap of 3.46 eV, it is still a challenge to increase the charge separation efficiency and to further improve its photocatalytic activity . In these years, many methods were developed to overcome these drawbacks, including various hierarchical nanostructures, halogen‐mixing solid solutions, crystal‐facet control, and coupling BiOCl with other materials (graphene, oxides, metals, salts) to construct heterojunctions.…”