Citation: Hong-Ying Hao, Yan-Yan Xu, Ping Liu, Guo-Ying Zhang. BiOCl nanostructures with different morphologies: Tunable synthesis and visible-light-driven photocatalytic properties[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2015, 26(1): 133-136. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2014.11.022 shu

BiOCl nanostructures with different morphologies: Tunable synthesis and visible-light-driven photocatalytic properties

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Tianjin Key Laboratory of Structure and Performance for Functional Molecule, Laboratory of Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Functional Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China

Corresponding author: Yan-Yan Xu,
Received Date: 2 July 2014
Available Online: 29 September 2014
Fund Project: This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21001081, 21043004) (Nos. 21001081, 21043004)the Education Commission of Tianjin (No. 20110510). (No. 20110510)

BiOCl nanostructures including microspheres, microflowers, microplates, and nanoplates, have been synthesized by a simple solvothermal method using bismuth nitrate and sodium chloride as raw materials without adding any additives. Structure and morphology of the products were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. The results indicated that the as-prepared microspheres and microflowers were composed of nanosheets. Although with different shape and lateral size, the nanoplates and microplates were all single-crystalline plates with exposed {001} facets. It was found that the volume ratio of polyethylene glycol 400 and H₂O in the solvent played a key role in the morphology of the products, and the possible growth mechanism was also discussed. The photocatalytic measurements indicated that the BiOCl samples exhibit good photocatalytic properties towards Rhodamine B.
- BiOCl nanostructure,
- Crystal growth,
- Semiconductors,
- Photocatalytic property
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