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CATALYSIS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 9, Issue 18, Pages 5011-5021Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c9cy00946a
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [61975245]
- Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province [2017A010103035]
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In this work, bifunctional 3D BiOBr:Eu3+ hierarchical nanostructures (HNs) assembled from 2D nanosheets with adjustable thickness were successfully fabricated via a solvothermal method by altering the amount of sodium citrate. The addition of sodium citrate effectively reduced the thickness of self-assembled nanosheets from 56 nm to 25 nm. The effects of thickness on the photoluminescence (PL) and photocatalytic activities of BiOBr:Eu3+ HNs had been systematically investigated. The results showed that the red emission of Eu3+ and the photocatalytic efficiency in degradation of MB were both improved significantly as the thickness of the nanosheets decreased. Upon excitation with blue light (465 nm), the BiOBr:Eu3+ HNs exhibited intense red emission corresponding to the D-5(0) -> F-7(2) transitions of Eu3+ ions. Structural insights into the PL of Eu3+ ions revealed that the internal electric field (IEF) in BiOBr HNs increased significantly with decreasing sheet thickness, which improved the excitation field of Eu3+ ions and favored photogenerated charge separation and transfer. This work not only provided a new thought for understanding the photoreactivity through dopant PL, but also provided a platform for fabricating multifunctional materials for environmental and energy conversion applications.
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