Issue 30, 2016
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Chemical Communications

Boosting the photocatalytic performance of (001) BiOI: enhancing donor density and separation efficiency of photogenerated electrons and holes†

Wenjie Fan,a   Haibo Li,a   Fengyi Zhao,a   Xujing Xiao,a   Yongchao Huang,a   Hongbing Ji*a  and  Yexiang Tong*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a MOE of the Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, KLGHEI of Environment and Energy Chemistry, The Key Lab of Low-carbon Chem & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province, Sun Yat-Sen University, 135 Xingang West Road, Guangzhou 510275, P. R. China
E-mail: jihb@mail.sysu.edu.cn, chedhx@mail.sysu.edu.cn

b Department of Chemistry, Shantou University, Guangdong 515063, P. R. China

Abstract

Herein, we demonstrate a simple strategy to boost the photocatalytic performance of BiOI by introducing oxygen defects into the BiOI. The oxygen-deficient BiOI exhibits superior photocatalytic performance for the degradation of formaldehyde gas. The enhancement of photocatalytic activity is due to the enhanced separation and migration efficiency of photogenerated electrons and holes.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC00903D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
29 Jan 2016
Accepted
10 Mar 2016
First published
11 Mar 2016

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 5316-5319

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Boosting the photocatalytic performance of (001) BiOI: enhancing donor density and separation efficiency of photogenerated electrons and holes

W. Fan, H. Li, F. Zhao, X. Xiao, Y. Huang, H. Ji and Y. Tong, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 5316 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC00903D

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