Journal
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
Volume 152, Issue -, Pages 328-334Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2014.01.054
Keywords
Erbium; Ytterbium; BiVO4; Photocatalysis; Up-conversion; Methylene Blue; O-2 evolution
Funding
- CSIC
- [P09-FQM-4570]
- [ENE2011-24412]
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Ytterbium-Erbium co-doped BiVO4 have been synthesized by means of a surfactant free hydrothermal method having good photoactivities under sun-like excitation for the degradation of Methylene Blue and O-2 evolution reactions. From the structural and morphological characterization it has been stated that the presence of Yb3+ and Er3+ induces the stabilization of the tetragonal phase probably due to its substitutional incorporation in the BiVO4 lattice. The occurrence of the Yb3+,Er3+ co-doped monoclinic-tetragonal BiVO4 heterostructure induces the higher photocatalytic activities. The best photocatalytic performance was attained for the sample with 1:4 Er3+:Yb3(divided by) ratio. The observed NIR photoactivity clearly denotes the occurrence of an up-conversion mechanism involved in the overall photocatalytic process. (c) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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