Unusual reactivity of visible-light-responsive AgBr-BiOBr heterojunction photocatalysts
Unusual reactivity of visible-light-responsive AgBr-BiOBr heterojunction photocatalysts
Great efforts are necessary to find the optimal constituent semiconductors to form synergistic semiconductor heterojunctions, particular p-n junctions, for the applications in electronics industrials and solar energy conversion. Despite that the n-type AgBr can be stable when coupled with other n-type semiconductors under light irradiation, photo-degradation of AgBr was discovered when it supported on p-type BiOBr to form p-n junctions for waste-water purification, no matter higher energy conversion efficiency of the optimal AgBr/BiOBr. The proposed working and degradation mechanisms clarified the fate of AgBr/BiOBr heterojunctions and provided insights to the heterojunction theory and its applications in solar energy conversion.
AgBr–BiOBr, heterojunction, photocatalysis, visible-light, rhodamine b, deactivation
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Kong, Liang
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Jiang, Zheng
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Edwards, Peter P.
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September 2012
Kong, Liang
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Jiang, Zheng
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Lai, Henry H.
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Nicholls, Rebecca J.
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Xiao, Tiancun
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Kong, Liang, Jiang, Zheng, Lai, Henry H., Nicholls, Rebecca J., Xiao, Tiancun, Jones, Martin O. and Edwards, Peter P.
(2012)
Unusual reactivity of visible-light-responsive AgBr-BiOBr heterojunction photocatalysts.
Journal of Catalysis, 293, .
(doi:10.1016/j.jcat.2012.06.011).
Abstract
Great efforts are necessary to find the optimal constituent semiconductors to form synergistic semiconductor heterojunctions, particular p-n junctions, for the applications in electronics industrials and solar energy conversion. Despite that the n-type AgBr can be stable when coupled with other n-type semiconductors under light irradiation, photo-degradation of AgBr was discovered when it supported on p-type BiOBr to form p-n junctions for waste-water purification, no matter higher energy conversion efficiency of the optimal AgBr/BiOBr. The proposed working and degradation mechanisms clarified the fate of AgBr/BiOBr heterojunctions and provided insights to the heterojunction theory and its applications in solar energy conversion.
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Published date: September 2012
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AgBr–BiOBr, heterojunction, photocatalysis, visible-light, rhodamine b, deactivation
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