Combustion Synthesis and Enhancement of Bi OC l by Doping Eu 3+ for Photodegradation of Organic Dye

Autor: Xin Shao, Dongdong Lv, Meichao Gao, Xipeng Pu, Dafeng Zhang, Hong Li
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 99:881-887
ISSN: 1551-2916
0002-7820
DOI: 10.1111/jace.14012
Popis: Eu3+-doped BiOCl with different doping concentrations was synthesized by a simple combustion method. The as-synthesized photocatalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscope, transmission electron microscope, Raman spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, and UV–vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. The experimental results show that Eu3+ was successfully doped into the lattice of BiOCl. The as-synthesized Eu3+-doped BiOCl photocatalysts show a more intense continuous absorption in UV light region, accompanied with decreased energy band gap. Moreover, the Eu3+ doping leads to the formation of oxygen vacancies, small crystallite size, and high specific surface areas. Compared with pure BiOCl, the Eu3+-doped BiOCl photocatalysts exhibits much higher photocatalytic activity for Rhodamine B (RhB) under UV light irradiation. As-obtained Eu3+-doped BiOCl can be easily reused with excellent stability. In addition, the mechanism of the improved photocatalytic properties of Eu3+-doped BiOCl was discussed in detail.
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