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Visible‐Light‐Responsive β‐Rhombohedral Boron Photocatalysts
Author(s) -
Liu Gang,
Yin LiChang,
Niu Ping,
Jiao Wei,
Cheng HuiMing
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201302238
Subject(s) - photocatalysis , boron , trigonal crystal system , amorphous solid , visible spectrum , boron oxide , computer science , materials science , world wide web , nanotechnology , chemistry , optoelectronics , crystallography , crystal structure , catalysis , organic chemistry , biochemistry
It's elemental! β‐Rhombohedral boron was investigated as an elemental photocatalyst. Boron crystals were found to be photocatalytically active in the generation of . OH radicals under irradiation with visible light (see picture); however, the presence of an amorphous oxide layer on the surface of the crystals impaired their photocatalytic activity.