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Photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes on visible-light responsive photocatalyst PbBiO{sub 2}Br

Journal Article · · Journal of Solid State Chemistry
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  1. State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructures, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050 (China)

The layered compound of lead bismuth oxybromide PbBiO{sub 2}Br, prepared by conventional solid-state reaction method, has an optical band gap of 2.3 eV, and possesses a good visible-light-response ability. The references, PbBi{sub 2}Nb{sub 2}O{sub 9}, TiO{sub 2-x}N{sub x}, BiOBr and BiOI{sub 0.8}Cl{sub 0.2}, which are excellent visible-light-response photocatalysts, were applied to comparatively understand the activity of PbBiO{sub 2}Br. Degradation of methyl orange and methylene blue was used to evaluate photocatalytic activity. The results show that PbBiO{sub 2}Br is more photocatalytically active than PbBi{sub 2}Nb{sub 2}O{sub 9}, TiO{sub 2-x}N{sub x} and BiOBr under visible light. - Graphical abstract: The as-prepared layered PbBiO{sub 2}Br with an optical band gap of 2.3 eV possesses a fair visible-light-response ability. The references, PbBi{sub 2}Nb{sub 2}O{sub 9}, TiO{sub 2-x}N{sub x}, BiOBr and BiOI{sub 0.8}Cl{sub 0.2}, were applied to comparatively understand the activity of PbBiO{sub 2}Br. Degradation of dyes was used to evaluate photocatalytic activity. The results show that PbBiO{sub 2}Br is more photocatalytically active than PbBi{sub 2}Nb{sub 2}O{sub 9}, TiO{sub 2-x}N{sub x} and BiOBr under visible light.

OSTI ID:
21128320
Journal Information:
Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Journal Name: Journal of Solid State Chemistry Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 181; ISSN 0022-4596; ISSN JSSCBI
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English