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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 215, Issue -, Pages 740-746Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.10.071
Keywords
Microwave-assisted synthesis; Visible-light-driven; BiVO4; Photocatalytic degradation; Ciprofloxacin
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21001086, 21276116]
- Postgraduate Research Foundation of Jiangsu Province [1102123C]
- National Postgraduate Research Foundation of China [2011M500853]
- Science Department of Jiangsu Province [BK2010340]
- Jiangsu University [10JDG070]
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New-type synthetic methods of BiVO4 photocatalysts with high visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity are much desired. In this study, the branched BiVO4 nanocrystal photocatalysts were successfully synthesized by a facile microwave-assisted method. They have unique strawberry-like structure with 5 nm sized mastoids scattered on the 200 nm sized particle surface. The obtained photocatalyst exhibits excellent visible-light response (Eg = 2.5 eV) and super-high activities in degradation of ciprofloxacin (CIP). After Pt loading, the photocatalytic activities of branched BiVO4 photocatalysts were enhanced tremendously. Pt nanocrystals on the particle surface not only act as charge collectors and transporters but also produce many active sites. The 2 wt.% Pt loaded BiVO4 nanocrystal photocatalysts exhibit the CIP visible-light-driven photodegradation ratio of 91.97%, which show enhancement of ca. 25% compared with undecorated pure BiVO4 photocatalysts. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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