Synthesis of flower-like, pinon-like and faceted nanoplates (BiO)2CO3 micro/nanostructures with morphology-dependent photocatalytic activity

Synthesis of morphology-controlled bismutite for selective applications

“…26,[29][30][31][32][33][34][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48] Greaves et al first reported the synthesis of Bi 2 O 2 CO 3 through a simple chemical method and later, several methodologies have been reported for the synthesis of bismutite with various morphologies such as microflowers, microspheres (rose, plate, pinon-like, sponge-like, and hollow), persimmon-like, nanosheets, nanotubes, egg-tart and micro/nanostructures. [28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55] Chen et al reported the synthesis of bismuth micro/nanospheres by a simple chemical method using ethylene glycol as a non-toxic solvent. 56 Numerous methods are available in the literature regarding the size and shape control of Bi 2 O 2 CO 3 via solvothermal, surfactant-assisted hydrothermal and vacuum heat treatments.…”