Photocatalytic degradation and electricity generation in a rotating disk photoelectrochemical cell over hierarchical structured BiOBr film

Novel plate-stratiform nanostructured Bi12O17Cl2 with visible-light photocatalytic performance

“…Therefore, on the one hand, much work has focused on the modification of these traditional photocatalysts; on the other hand, much effort has been made to develop other novel efficient photocatalysts. Recently, bismuth oxychlorides [BiOX (X = Cl, Br, I)] have been the subject of novel photocatalyst series because of their advanced photocatalytic activity, which can be attributed to their unique layered structures and high chemical stabilities (Zhang et al, 2008;Li et al, 2011aLi et al, , 2011bLi et al, , 2014Li et al, , 2015Lin et al, 2014;Zhang et al, 2015). The internal static electric field perpendicular to each layer in the structure can effectively separate electron-hole (e-h) pairs and the distance to surface for e-h moving is relatively minimized, which can induce a higher photocatalytic performance as result.…”

The effect of different exposed facets on the photoelectrocatalytic degradation of o-chlorophenol using p-type Cu 2 O crystals

“…This coincides with the preferential adsorption of PVP on {111} planes. In recent years, many researchers have paid attention to photoelectrocatalytic mechanisms for the degradation of the organic pollutants [30][31][32][33][34][35], fundamentally aiming to enhance photogenerated electron/hole separation by application of a potential bias. More importantly, in the photoelectrocatalytic system, by an applied potential bias, the formation of radicals can be controlled on the electrodes.…”

Highly Efficient and Visible Light Responsive Heterojunction Composites as Dual Photoelectrodes for Photocatalytic Fuel Cell

“…To overcome the above mentioned drawbacks, the studies on either developing visible light responsive photoanodes [11][12][13][14] or replacing Pt by p-type semiconductor as the photocathode [15,16] become equally important, leading to the development of dual photoelectrodes for PFC system. However, so far, these PFCs have been identified with its shortcomings that the photoactivity and photostability of the electrodes are poor, which limits their application.…”