Single crystal growth and characterization of a new bismuth indium niobate compound, Bi5In2Nb3O18−x

Synthesis, Structure, and Photocatalysis in a New Structural Variant of the Aurivillius Phase: LiBi4M3O14(M = Nb, Ta)

“…12,13 Recently, niobates and tantalates consisting of corner shared NbO 6 or TaO 6 octahedra have been of interest due to their optoelectronic and efficient luminescence properties. 14 In search of new and novel photocatalysts, bismuth niobates and tantalates hold promise as they are expected to provide structural motifs suitable for generating band gaps in the UV region.…”

“…Photocatalytic reactions of BiTaO 4 (with substitution of Nb in various concentrations at the Ta site) in an aqueous CH 3 OH/H 2 O solution with 0.1 wt % of catalyst loading show higher rates in case of the orthorhombic forms than the triclinic forms , in accordance with lower band gaps of the orthorhombic forms. Advances in materials fabrication led to the discovery of metal oxide semiconductors with tunnel or layered perovskite structures with specific applications such as decomposition of water under UV radiation. , Recently, niobates and tantalates consisting of corner shared NbO 6 or TaO 6 octahedra have been of interest due to their optoelectronic and efficient luminescence properties . In search of new and novel photocatalysts, bismuth niobates and tantalates hold promise as they are expected to provide structural motifs suitable for generating band gaps in the UV region.…”

Photophysical and photocatalytic properties of Bi2MNbO7 (M=Al, In, Ga, Fe) thin films prepared by dip-coating

“…In the other samples a Bi excess was detected suggesting the presence of Bi 5 Nb 3 O 15 [14], Bi 5 In 2 Nb 3 O 18−x [22] or Bi 2 O 3 /Bi 2 O 4−x [23].…”