Citation: Xian-Hui QI, Hong-Gang ZHAO, Yu-Hua MA, Zhuan-Hu WANG, Yun-Peng LI, Yu-Chen LI, Jia-Wen LI, Chen-Xiang YAN. Highly efficient BiOBr/red phosphorus heterojunction photocatalyst for Cr(Ⅵ) photoreduction[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, ;2023, 39(3): 563-574. doi: 10.11862/CJIC.2023.011 shu

Highly efficient BiOBr/red phosphorus heterojunction photocatalyst for Cr(Ⅵ) photoreduction

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College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi 830054, China
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Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Energy Storage and Photoelectrocatalytic Materials, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi 830054, China

Corresponding author: Hong-Gang ZHAO, 262385441@qq.com Yu-Hua MA, 15199141253@163.com
Received Date: 18 October 2022
Revised Date: 7 December 2022

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Herein, hydrothermally treated red phosphorus (HRP) was combined with bismuth bromide oxide (BiOBr) to construct BiOBr/HRP heterostructure composite. Regulating and optimizing the composition ratio, 7%BiOBr/HRP (The mass fraction of BiOBr in the composite was 7%) exhibited the highest photocatalytic activity, the rate constant for visible light reduction of Cr(Ⅵ) was 0.188 min^-1, which was five times higher than that of pure HRP (0.037 6 min^-1). The heterojunction composite constructed by introducing wide band gap BiOBr into narrow band gap HRP expanded the visible spectral absorption range, enhanced the light absorption, and accelerated the separation of photo-generated electrons and holes.
- red phosphorus,
- BiOBr,
- heterojunctions,
- Cr(Ⅵ),
- photocatalysis
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