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MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 67, 2016
International Symposium on Materials Application and Engineering (SMAE 2016)
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Article Number | 06045 | |
Number of page(s) | 6 | |
Section | Chapter 6 Materials Science | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20166706045 | |
Published online | 29 July 2016 |
Controllable Synthesis of Bi2Fe4O9 Nanocrystal with High Active Facets and the Enhanced Visible Light Photoelectrochemical Property
1 College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266045, China
2 Faculty of Chemical Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
3 Laboratory of Clean Energy Chemistry and Materials, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Lanzhou, 730000, China
a zhangyanchem@qdu.edu.cn
b yjq@licp.cas.cn
* Corresponding author: zhangyanchem@qdu.edu.cn
Bi2Fe4O9 nanocrystals with high active facets were controllably synthesized via a chemical co-precipitation process followed by a hydrothermal treatment at various microenvironment. The nanocrystals can be controlled preferentially to grow along (001) and show flat side facets of (110) and (10). The photoinduced charge-transfer property of Bi2Fe4O9 was significantly improved. Such a high photo-to-current conversion efficiency is ascribed to the synergistic effect of energy band structure and the high reactivity of exposed (110) and (
10) facets. The high surface energy at the interface of the Bi2Fe4O9 efficiently reduced the recombination of photoinduced electron-hole pairs, and thus increasing the lifetime of charge carriers and enhancing the photo-to-current efficiency of the Bi2Fe4O9.
Key words: Photoelectrochemical / Water splitting / Bismuth Vanadate / Solar Energy / Visible-light
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2016
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