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Microwave-assisted synthesis of bismuth oxybromochloride nanoflakes for visible light photodegradation of pollutants

Bijanzad, K ; Sharif University of Technology | 2015

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1016/j.physb.2015.06.013
  3. Publisher: Elsevier , 2015
  4. Abstract:
  5. BiOBrxCl1-x (0xCl1-x. The UV-visible diffuse reflectance and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopies revealed the indirect band gap of ∼2.82 eV for the bismuth oxybromochloride nanoflakes. Visible light-assisted photocatalytic studies showed that the degradation efficiency of the as-prepared BiOBrxCl1-x for (100 mL of 10 mg L-1) Rhodamine B (RhB), Natural Red 4 (N-Red) dye solutions was 98.14% and for the colorless organic pentachlorophenol (PCP) solution was 91.09% over 150 min. The possible mechanisms involved in the visible light photodegradation of the pollutants by BiOBrxCl1-x photocatalyst were also discussed
  6. Keywords:
  7. BiOBrxCl1-x ; Natural Red 4 ; Bismuth ; Degradation ; Dyes ; Energy gap ; Herbicides ; Phenols ; Photocatalysts ; Photodegradation ; Pollution ; X ray diffraction ; Bismuth nitrate pentahydrate ; Degradation efficiency ; Diffuse reflectance ; Microwave assisted synthesis ; Microwave synthesis ; Natural red ; Pentachlorophenol ; Rhodamine B ; Light
  8. Source: Physica B: Condensed Matter ; Volume 475 , October , 2015 , Pages 14-20 ; 09214526 (ISSN)
  9. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921452615301009