Journal
JOURNAL OF SOL-GEL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 70, Issue 1, Pages 149-158Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10971-014-3284-x
Keywords
Bi2WO6-CNFs heteroarchitectures; Photocatalysis; Electrospinning; Solvothermal
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Funding
- National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) [2012CB933703]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [91233204, 51272041, 61201107]
- 111 Project [B13013]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [12SSXM001]
- Program for Young Scientists Team of Jilin Province [20121802]
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Bi2WO6-carbon nanofibers (Bi2WO6-CNFs) heteroarchitectures were fabricated by two steps consisting of the preparation of CNFs by electrospinning and growth of Bi2WO6 on the CNFs through ethylene glycol solvothermal processing. The results showed that the loading amounts of Bi2WO6 on the surface of CNFs could be controlled by adjusting the precursor concentration for the fabrication of Bi2WO6-CNFs heteroarchitectures during the solvothermal process. The photocatalytic tests revealed that the obtained Bi2WO6-CNFs heteroarchitectures showed higher photocatalytic property under visible light to degrade Rhodamine B than pure Bi2WO6 synthesized by solvothermal process in the absence of CNFs owing to improved separation efficiency of photogenerated electrons and holes. Moreover, the Bi2WO6-CNFs heteroarchitectures could be separated easily by sedimentation due to their one-dimensional nanostructural property. Meanwhile, the photocatalytic activity of Bi2WO6-CNFs heteroarchitectures was stable during the recycling due to the strong interactions between Bi2WO6 nanosheets and CNFs. Trapping experiment suggested that , instead of OH center dot, was the main active species during the photocatalytic process of the Bi2WO-CNFs heteroarchitectures.
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