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Monoclinic Porous BiVO 4 Networks Decorated by Discrete g‐C 3 N 4 Nano‐Islands with Tunable Coverage for Highly Efficient Photocatalysis
Author(s) -
Li Changjiang,
Wang Shengping,
Wang Tuo,
Wei Yijia,
Zhang Peng,
Gong Jinlong
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201400506
Subject(s) - photocatalysis , monoclinic crystal system , materials science , heterojunction , catalysis , visible spectrum , porosity , nano , redox , composite number , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , photochemistry , optoelectronics , crystal structure , crystallography , composite material , chemistry , organic chemistry , engineering , metallurgy
An efficient g‐C 3 N 4 /BiVO 4 heterojunction photocatalyst is constructed with BiVO 4 networks decorated by discrete g‐C 3 N 4 nano‐islands with controllable coverage. The as‐synthesized g‐C 3 N 4 /BiVO 4 photocatalyst shows superior visible light photocatalytic activity. The enhanced photocatalytic activity can be ascribed to increased charge separation efficiency, separated redox reaction sites, fully exposed reactive interfaces, and excellent visible light response of g‐C 3 N 4 /BiVO 4 composite.