Solvothermal synthesis of BiOCl flower-like hierarchical structures with high photocatalytic activity

Dongfeng Sun; Junping Li; Zhihai Feng; Lei He; Bin Zhao; Tingyu Wang; Ruixing Li; Shu Yin; Tsugio Sato

doi:10.1016/j.catcom.2014.03.004

Solvothermal synthesis of BiOCl flower-like hierarchical structures with high photocatalytic activity

Dongfeng Sun, Junping Li, Zhihai Feng, Lei He, Bin Zhao, Tingyu Wang, Ruixing Li, Shu Yin, Tsugio Sato

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Abstract

Flower-like BiOCl hierarchical structures were successfully synthesized in the presence of citric acid through a solvothermal process using methanol as a solvent. The citric acid played significant roles, which functioned as both a chelating regent and a structure-directing agent. The as-synthesized flower-like BiOCl particles were assembled by numerous BiOCl nanosheets with a thickness of ca. 15-20 nm. Importantly, such a flower-like BiOCl morphology exhibited a higher photocatalytic activity than that of commercial TiO₂ in degradation of methyl orange under either UV light or simulated sunlight illumination.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-4
Number of pages	4
Journal	Catalysis Communications
Volume	51
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2014.03.004
Publication status	Published - 2014 Jun 5

Keywords

BiOCl
Hierarchical structures
Morphology
Photocatalytic
Solvothermal

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