A composite of single-crystalline Bi2WO6 and polycrystalline BiOCl with a high percentage of exposed (00l) facets for highly efficient photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants

Qing Yang; Maolan Luo; Kewei Liu; Hongmei Cao; Hongjian Yan

doi:10.1039/c9cc01732a

A composite of single-crystalline Bi₂WO₆ and polycrystalline BiOCl with a high percentage of exposed (00l) facets for highly efficient photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants

Chem Commun (Camb). 2019 May 14;55(40):5728-5731. doi: 10.1039/c9cc01732a.

Authors

Qing Yang¹, Maolan Luo, Kewei Liu, Hongmei Cao, Hongjian Yan

Affiliation

¹ College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610065, China. [email protected].

PMID: 31038493
DOI: 10.1039/c9cc01732a

Abstract

A composite of single-crystalline Bi2WO6 and polycrystalline BiOCl with a high percentage of exposed (00l) facets was fabricated by the molten salt method (MSM) in the presence of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). The photocatalytic activity of the composite was 17 and 70 times that of Bi2WO6 prepared by the MSM without PTFE and the traditional solid state reaction method, respectively.