Issue 52, 2013
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Chemical Communications

Remarkably enhanced photocatalytic activity of laser ablated Au nanoparticle decorated BiFeO3nanowires under visible-light†

Shun Li,‡a   Jianming Zhang,‡a   Md Golam Kibria,b   Zetian Mi,b   Mohamed Chaker,a   Dongling Ma,*a   Riad Nechache*c  and  Federico Rosei*ad  

* Corresponding authors

a Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, INRS, 1650, Boulevard Lionel-Boulet, Varennes, Qubec J3X 1S2, Canada
E-mail: ma@emt.inrs.ca, nechache@emt.inrs.ca, rosei@emt.inrs.ca
Fax: +1 450 929 8102
Tel: +1 514 228 8246

b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, 3480 University Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0E9, Canada

c NAST Center and Department of Chemical Science and Technology, University of Rome Tor Vergata Viadella Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy

d Center for Self-Assembled Chemical Structures, McGill University, H3A 2K6, Montréal, QC, Canada

Abstract

Hybrid photocatalysts consisting of single crystalline BiFeO3 nanowires and laser ablated Au nanoparticles were synthesized by a functionalization-step-free solution process. The 1.0 wt% Au nanoparticle decorated BiFeO3 nanowires exhibit ∼30 times higher photocatalytic activity for water oxidation than that exhibited by the parent wires during the first 4 h.

Graphical abstract: Remarkably enhanced photocatalytic activity of laser ablated Au nanoparticle decorated BiFeO3 nanowires under visible-light

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC40363G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
16 Jan 2013
Accepted
07 May 2013
First published
17 May 2013

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 5856-5858

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Remarkably enhanced photocatalytic activity of laser ablated Au nanoparticle decorated BiFeO3 nanowires under visible-light

S. Li, J. Zhang, M. G. Kibria, Z. Mi, M. Chaker, D. Ma, R. Nechache and F. Rosei, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 5856 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC40363G

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