Structuring porous “sponge-like” BiVO4 film for efficient photocatalysis under visible light illumination

Preparation and photocatalytic activity characterization of activated carbon fiber–BiVO4 composites

“…Separation is typically addressed by immobilizing the active material on macroscopic supports. 11,12 For example, Wu et al reported a novel procedure for immobilizing BiVO 4 on silica bers, obtaining a catalyst with increased surface area and activity. 13 Importantly, the choice of the immobilization method signicantly affects the performance of the supported BiVO 4 , e.g., hydrothermal synthesis commonly yields catalysts with high degrees of crystallinity.…”

Novel synthesis and photocatalytic performance of BiVO4 with tunable morphologies and macroscopic structures

“…The asprepared monoclinic sheelite BiVO 4 nanorods were proved to exhibit a high level of photocatalytic activity for copper acetylacetonate under illumination of visible-light. Another case is that "sponge-like" BiVO 4 film with interconnect pore network can be produced by polystyrene (PS) as a soft template, and such porous BiVO 4 film can enhance the PEC performance [24]. In addition, a 3DOM structured monoclinic BiVO 4 was successfully achieved by using colloidal PMMA microsphere as a hard template, and it was proved that such featured 3DOM monoclinic BiVO 4 can favor the enhancement of the photocatalytic performance for the removal of organics from wastewater under visible-light irradiation [25].…”

TiO2/BiVO4, a Heterojuncted Microfiber with Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance for Methylene Blue under Visible Light Irradiation

“…Numerous efforts had been made to develop highly effective photocatalysts for the photodecomposition of environmental contaminants like pesticides, dyes and heavy metal in water [1]. Monoclinic scheelite-type BiVO 4 , one kind of visible light photocatalyst with the energy band gap of 2.4 eV, also attracted a great deal of attention or pollutant elimination under visible light irradiation [2,3].…”