Low-temperature designing of BiVO4 nanocubes with coexposed {0 1 0}/{1 1 0} facets for solar light photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange and diazinon

Synthesis and deposition of bismuth oxychloride with a rose‐type flower shape and photoelectroactivity evaluation in the methyl orange discoloration reaction

“…In waste with azo dyes, such as MO dye, complete degradation can result in the formation of carbon dioxide and water, avoiding unwanted products. Numerous semiconductors (isolated or in heterostructure form) are used as photoactive and photoelectroactive materials, such as zinc oxide, 11,13 titanium dioxide, 4,5 bismuth vanadate, 14,15 silver phosphate/ bismuth oxobromide, 16 reduced graphene oxide/graphitic carbon nitride, 17 reduced graphene oxide/ferric oxide, 12 cerium dioxide-ferric oxide, 18 copper (I) oxide-copper (II) oxide, 19 p-silver sulphide/n-silver indium sulphide 20 and copper pyrovanadate, 10 among others. In semiconductor materials, the charge carriers' generation during an electronic excitation with a specific wavelength will stimulate the electron density in the conduction band (CB) and the density of the holes in the valence band (VB).…”