Enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalysis of Bi2YO4Cl heterostructures functionallized by bimetallic RhNi nanoparticles

Palepu Teja RAVINDAR, Vidya Sagar CHOPPELLA, Anil Kumar MOKSHAGUNDAM, M. KIRUBA, Sunil G. BABU, Korupolu Raghu BABU, L. John BERCHMANS, Gosipathala SREEDHAR

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Front. Mater. Sci. ›› 2018, Vol. 12 ›› Issue (4) : 405-414. DOI: 10.1007/s11706-018-0435-y
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Enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalysis of Bi2YO4Cl heterostructures functionallized by bimetallic RhNi nanoparticles

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Bismuth-based Sillen–Aurivillius compounds are being explored as efficient photocatalyst materials for the degradation of organic pollutants due to their unique layered structure that favours effective separation of electron–hole pairs. In this work, we synthesized Sillen–Aurivillius-related Bi2YO4Cl with the bandgap of 2.5 eV by a simple solid-state reaction and sensitized with rhodium nickel (RhNi) nanoparticles (NPs) to form the RhNi/Bi2YO4Cl heterostructure. Photocatalytic activities of BiOCl, Bi2YO4Cl and the RhNi/Bi2YO4Cl heterostructure were examined for the degradation of rhodamine-6G under visible-light illumination. Results demonstrated that the photocatalytic dye degradation efficiency of RhNi/Bi2YO4Cl heterostructures is higher than those of BiOCl and Bi2YO4Cl, attributed to the synergistic molecular-scale alloying effect of bimetallic RhNi NPs. The plausible mechanism for the degradation of rhodamine-6G and the effective electron–hole pair utilization mechanism were discussed.

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BiOCl / Bi2YO4Cl / RhNi catalyst / rhodamine-6G / photocatalysis

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Palepu Teja RAVINDAR, Vidya Sagar CHOPPELLA, Anil Kumar MOKSHAGUNDAM, M. KIRUBA, Sunil G. BABU, Korupolu Raghu BABU, L. John BERCHMANS, Gosipathala SREEDHAR. Enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalysis of Bi2YO4Cl heterostructures functionallized by bimetallic RhNi nanoparticles. Front. Mater. Sci., 2018, 12(4): 405‒414 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11706-018-0435-y

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Acknowledgement

Dr. G. Sreedhar would like to thank the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, for the financial support of project (SB/EMEQ-036/2014).

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