One-pot solvothermal synthesis of S doped BiOCl for solar water oxidation

Uniformly dispersed sulfur doped BiOCl was prepared via a one-pot solvothermal method, which displays higher photocatalytic activity towards oxygen evolution from water compared to pure BiOCl. This is associated with the impurity states above the valence band induced by S doping, which is beneficial for the separation of photo-generated electron-hole pairs.