Effect of noble metal ions dopants on solar photoelectrochemical water splitting and electrochemical supercapacitive performance of BiVO4 hollow tubes

Enhancement in Photoelectrochemical Efficiency and Modulation of Surface States in BiVO4 through the TiO2 Outer Layer Using the Atomic Layer Deposition Technique

“…The measured capacitance ( C 2 ) was observed to be high; such high area specific capacitance is due to the nanostructured photoanode surfaces. Higher area specific capacitance has also been observed with modified BiVO 4 photoanodes as reported in some of the recent publications. − …”

Synergism of Co/Na in BiVO4 microstructures for visible-light driven degradation of toxic dyes in water

“…For combination with BiVO 4 , noble metals such as Pt, Au, Pd and Ag serve as excellent cocatalysts in photocatalysis. 15 But due to high cost, these metals are less common in dye degradation applications, although these metals enhance electron–hole separation (due to electron quenching abilities) and increase light absorption. The separation of charge carriers and their lifetime can also be enhanced by developing composites via incorporating suitable dopants.…”

Construction of heterostructured BiVO4-{010}/Ag plasmonic photocatalysts by multi-object synchronous optimization of the microstructure of BiVO4 for significantly enhanced visible light driven photocatalytic performance

“…It is therefore a suitable photocatalyst and electrode material for environmental pollution control, artificial photosynthesis, and use as a supercapacitor. [34][35][36] However, the low lifetime of the photogenerated electrons and holes of BiVO 4 (about 10 −9 s) leads to a rapid recombination rate of almost 60-80% before the carriers reach the surface reaction site. 37,38 The key to improving its photocatalytic performance of BiVO 4 is therefore to inhibit the rapid recombination of the photogenerated charge and promote the efficient separation and migration of the photogenerated carriers.…”