Citation: Mengdi Sun, Zemin Zhang, Qiujin Shi, Jianlong Yang, Mingzheng Xie, Weihua Han. Toward photocatalytic hydrogen generation over BiVO₄ by controlling particle size[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2021, 32(8): 2419-2422. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.01.013 shu

Toward photocatalytic hydrogen generation over BiVO₄ by controlling particle size

Mengdi Sun ^a ,
Zemin Zhang ^b ,
Qiujin Shi ^a ,
Jianlong Yang ^a ,
Mingzheng Xie ^{a, *,} ,
Weihua Han ^{b, *,}

a.
Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems of the Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory for Environmental Pollution Prediction and Control of Gansu Province, College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
b.
School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China

xiemzh@lzu.edu.cn

hanwh@lzu.edu.cn

Received Date: 30 November 2020
Revised Date: 31 December 2020
Accepted Date: 7 January 2021
Available Online: 12 January 2021

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Owing to excellent light absorption and high activity for oxygen evolution, monoclinic bismuth vanadate (BiVO₄) is regarded as an ideal candidate for photocatalytic water splitting. However, its application is limited by the large particle size in micrometer scale, as well as the slightly positive conduction band. In this work, we successfully synthesized nano-BiVO₄ with particle size ranged from 27 nm to 57 nm by wet chemical method based on electrostatic spinning method. Unlike bulk BiVO₄, the nano-sized BiVO₄ possesses the ability to generate hydrogen by water splitting, and the activity could reach up to 1.66 μmol h⁻¹g⁻¹ with the assistance of Pt. The enhanced activity is mainly attributed to the improvements resulted from reduced particle size, which includes elevated conduction band, enlarged specific surface area and promoted charge separation. This work provides a simple method for synthesizing photocatalyst with small particle size and high yield.
- Nano-sized bismuth vanadate,
- Electrospinning process,
- Charge carrier separation,
- Elevated conduction band,
- Water splitting
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