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RESEARCH ON CHEMICAL INTERMEDIATES
Volume 47, Issue 10, Pages 4157-4171Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11164-021-04511-w
Keywords
Pd; Bi2WO6 nanocomposites; Photocatalysis; Radical scavengers; Spectroscopy
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- Faculty of Science Research Fund
- Faulty of Science
- Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
- Program Management Unit for Human Resources & Institutional Development, Research and Innovation
- Office of National Higher Education Science Research
- Innovation Policy Council (NXPO [B16F640001]
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Pd nanoparticles supported on Bi2WO6 nanoplates were successfully synthesized as visible-light-driven photocatalysts. The photocatalytic efficiency of the Pd/Bi2WO6 nanocomposites was enhanced due to high-efficiency diffusion and separation of photo-generated charge carriers, leading to superior photodegradation of Rhodamine B under visible-light irradiation.
Pd nanoparticles supported on Bi2WO6 nanoplates used for visible-light-driven photocatalyst were successfully synthesized by photoreduction deposition method under visible-light irradiation. Different analytical techniques including X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and photoluminescence spectroscopy revealed that face-centered cubic metallic Pd nanoparticles were uniformly loaded on top of orthorhombic Bi2WO6 nanoplates to form heterostructure Pd/Bi2WO6 nanocomposites. Photocatalytic activities of pure Bi2WO6 sample and heterostructure Pd/Bi2WO6 nanocomposites were studied through the photodegradation of rhodamine B (RhB) under visible-light irradiation. The photocatalytic efficiency of Bi2WO6 was increased to the highest by being loaded with 5 wt% Pd and then decreased by being loaded with 10 wt% Pd. The improved photocatalytic efficiency caused by high-efficiency diffusion and separation of photo-generated charge carriers was explained and can lead to superior photodegradation of RhB under visible-light irradiation.
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