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Bismuth–Copper Vanadate BiCu 2 VO 6 as a Novel Photocatalyst for Efficient Visible‐Light‐Driven Oxygen Evolution
Author(s) -
Liu Haimei,
Nakamura Ryuhei,
Nakato Yoshihiro
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.200500278
Subject(s) - bismuth vanadate , visible spectrum , photocatalysis , bismuth , semiconductor , oxygen evolution , copper , materials science , optoelectronics , electrode , photochemistry , vanadate , nanotechnology , chemistry , electrochemistry , catalysis , metallurgy , biochemistry
A novel narrow‐band photocatalyst , BiCu 2 VO 6 , was successfully synthesized by modulating the band structure of the semiconductor. BiCu 2 VO 6 exhibits higher activity for O 2 evolution under visible‐light illumination. The picture shows the incident photon‐to‐current efficiency (IPCE) for a BiCu 2 VO 6 particulate thin‐film electrode (▪).