Issue 43, 2015
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RSC Advances

Facile synthesis of bismuth oxide/bismuth vanadate heterostructures for efficient photoelectrochemical cells†

Kai-Hang Ye,a   Xiang Yu,ab   Zhiguang Qiu,a   Yi Zhu,a   Xihong Luc  and  Yuanming Zhang*a  

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a Department of Chemistry, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
E-mail: tzhangym@jnu.edu.cn
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b Analytic and Testing Centre, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China 510632

c MOE of the Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, KLGHEI of Environment and Energy Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China

Abstract

Herein, we report a facile approach to synthesize Bi2O3/BiVO4 heterostructures for photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells. Due to the fast separation of the electron–hole pairs as a result of the p–n junction, the Bi2O3/BiVO4 heterostructures achieved a remarkable photocurrent of 2.58 mA cm−2 at 1.2 V vs. Ag/AgCl, which is about 5 times that of the pristine BiVO4.

Graphical abstract: Facile synthesis of bismuth oxide/bismuth vanadate heterostructures for efficient photoelectrochemical cells

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5RA03500G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
26 Feb 2015
Accepted
08 Apr 2015
First published
08 Apr 2015

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 34152-34156

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Facile synthesis of bismuth oxide/bismuth vanadate heterostructures for efficient photoelectrochemical cells

K. Ye, X. Yu, Z. Qiu, Y. Zhu, X. Lu and Y. Zhang, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 34152 DOI: 10.1039/C5RA03500G

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