Issue 6, 2011
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CrystEngComm

Persimmon-like (BiO)2CO3 microstructures: hydrothermal preparation, photocatalytic properties and their conversion into Bi2S3†

Xiao-Feng Cao,a   Lei Zhang,a   Xue-Tai Chen*a  and  Zi-Ling Xueb  

* Corresponding authors

a State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China
E-mail: xtchen@netra.nju.edu.cn
Fax: +86-25-83314502

b Department of Chemistry, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Abstract

We report here the preparation of self-assembled persimmon-like (BiO)2CO3 microstructures via a simple hydrothermal process. Powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), selected area electron diffraction (SAED) and high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) were employed to characterize the phases and morphologies of the products. The reactants could greatly influence the phases and morphologies of the final products. The growth process of the persimmon-like (BiO)2CO3 microstructures has been investigated. The persimmon-like (BiO)2CO3 could be utilized as a sacrificial template to synthesize sphere-like Bi2S3 microstructures by a chemical transformation process. The as-prepared (BiO)2CO3 was able to efficiently degrade Rhodamine B (RhB) and eosin sodium salt under simulated solar irradiation.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CE00324G
Article type
Paper
Submitted
22 Jun 2010
Accepted
17 Nov 2010
First published
20 Dec 2010

CrystEngComm, 2011,13, 1939-1945

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Persimmon-like (BiO)2CO3 microstructures: hydrothermal preparation, photocatalytic properties and their conversion into Bi2S3

X. Cao, L. Zhang, X. Chen and Z. Xue, CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 1939 DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00324G

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