An inorganic hydrothermal route to photocatalytically active bismuth vanadate

Zhou, Ying; Vuille, Kathrin; Heel, Andre; Probst, Benjamin; Kontic, Roman; Patzke, Greta R.

doi:10.1016/j.apcata.2009.12.031

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	An inorganic hydrothermal route to photocatalytically active bismuth vanadate
Authors:	Zhou, Ying Vuille, Kathrin Heel, Andre Probst, Benjamin Kontic, Roman Patzke, Greta R.
DOI:	10.1016/j.apcata.2009.12.031
Published in:	Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
Volume(Issue):	375
Issue:	1
Page(s):	140
Pages to:	148
Issue Date:	2010
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0926-860X
Language:	English
Subjects:	Hydrothermal synthesis; Oxygen evolution; Bismuth vanadate; Photocatalysis
Subject (DDC):	540: Chemistry
Abstract:	BiVO4 has attracted research interest as one of the most promising visible-light-driven oxidic photocatalysts for water splitting and wastewater treatment. Highly crystalline BiVO4 particles with a homogeneous morphology are now available from a straightforward, one-step hydrothermal protocol. The facile morphology control of BiVO4 particles in the Bi(NO3)3·5H2O/V2O5/K2SO4 hydrothermal system is achieved through K2SO4 as an inorganic additive that brings forward materials with a high photocatalytic activity. BiVO4 particles generated from this inorganic additive-assisted approach outperform BiVO4 materials obtained via other preparative routes in the decomposition of methylene blue (MB) under visible light irradiation. The relations between morphology, crystallinity and photocatalytic O2 evolution in the presence of AgNO3 and FeCl3 as sacrificial reagents were studied with respect to the hydrothermal optimization of material properties. Furthermore, the Bi(NO3)3·5H2O/V2O5/K2SO4 hydrothermal system brings forward potassium vanadate fibers as a second phase that also exhibits promising photocatalytic properties with respect to the decomposition of MB in the presence of visible light.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/9272
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	Licence according to publishing contract
Departement:	School of Engineering
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Materials and Process Engineering (IMPE)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen School of Engineering

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Zhou, Y., Vuille, K., Heel, A., Probst, B., Kontic, R., & Patzke, G. R. (2010). An inorganic hydrothermal route to photocatalytically active bismuth vanadate. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 375(1), 140–148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2009.12.031

Zhou, Y. et al. (2010) ‘An inorganic hydrothermal route to photocatalytically active bismuth vanadate’, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 375(1), pp. 140–148. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2009.12.031.

Y. Zhou, K. Vuille, A. Heel, B. Probst, R. Kontic, and G. R. Patzke, “An inorganic hydrothermal route to photocatalytically active bismuth vanadate,” Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, vol. 375, no. 1, pp. 140–148, 2010, doi: 10.1016/j.apcata.2009.12.031.

ZHOU, Ying, Kathrin VUILLE, Andre HEEL, Benjamin PROBST, Roman KONTIC und Greta R. PATZKE, 2010. An inorganic hydrothermal route to photocatalytically active bismuth vanadate. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 2010. Bd. 375, Nr. 1, S. 140–148. DOI 10.1016/j.apcata.2009.12.031

Zhou, Ying, Kathrin Vuille, Andre Heel, Benjamin Probst, Roman Kontic, and Greta R. Patzke. 2010. “An Inorganic Hydrothermal Route to Photocatalytically Active Bismuth Vanadate.” Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 375 (1): 140–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2009.12.031.

Zhou, Ying, et al. “An Inorganic Hydrothermal Route to Photocatalytically Active Bismuth Vanadate.” Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, vol. 375, no. 1, 2010, pp. 140–48, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2009.12.031.