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Optical and photocatalytic properties of bismuth vanadate doped bismuth silicate glasses
摘要： The aim of this research is to investigate optical and photocatalytic properties of 0.25, 0.5 and 1.0 mol% BiVO4 doped bismuth silicate glasses. The glasses composition is 60 mol% SiO2 and 40 mol% Bi2O3. Optical spectra and the analysis of color by CIELab system revealed that the addition of BiVO4 changed the color of the glasses from pale yellow to yellow-orange with the narrower band gap. Photocatalytic activity was observed in 0.5 and 1.0 mol% BiVO4-doped glass. The effect of BiVO4 doping to bismuth silicate glass is also discussed.
关键词： Optical,Photocatalysis,Bismuth vanadate,Bismuth silicate glass,CIELab
更新于2025-11-14 15:30:11
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Photoelectrochemical enhancement from deposition of BiVO4 photosensitizer on different thickness layer TiO2 photoanode for water splitting application
摘要： TiO2 is a prominent photocatalyst and has been pioneering the research in water splitting for hydrogen cell production. However, TiO2 has low visible region absorption which limit its functionality as a photoabsorber and requires addition of other high absorptive material such as BiVO4. Fabrication of TiO2 photoanode on FTO substrate and deposition of BiVO4 on TiO2 were done using simple spin coating procedure. TiO2/BiVO4 photoelectrode were first tested for its photo absorption, photocurrent generation and electrical impedance to obtain the optimized sample. Optimized sample then further tested for its photocurrent generation stability using linear sweep voltammetry and time dependent photocurrent test. Photo absorption enhancement from TiO2/BiVO4 of almost 10 folds achieved along the visible region comparing to pure TiO2. Photogenerated charge produced from TiO2/BiVO4 is also 3 folds higher compared to pure TiO2at water oxidation threshold potential at 1.23 V vs. RHE. From photocurrent generation analysis, heterostructure of TiO2/BiVO4 proven to produce more than 3 folds higher photocurrent comparing to both pure TiO2 and BiVO4.
关键词： Z-scheme,Bismuth vanadate,Thin-film,Titanium dioxide,Photoelectrochemical water splitting
更新于2025-11-14 15:19:41
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Visible light driven photoelectrocatalysis on a FTO/BiVO4/BiOI anode for water treatment involving emerging pharmaceutical pollutants
摘要： Contamination of water bodies by harmful and recalcitrant organic substances is a global challenge. A promising technique for removing these organics from water/wastewater is photoelectrocatalytic oxidation which combines electrolytic and photocatalytic processes. Herein, we report the degradation of emerging pharmaceutical pollutants e acetaminophen and cipro?oxacin e at a BiVO4/BiOI photoanode under visible irradiation via photoelectrocatalytic process. The BiVO4/BiOI was electrodeposited on a FTO glass and characterised with XRD, SEM, EDS and diffusive re?ectance UVeVis. The results con?rmed the successful electrodeposition of BiVO4/BiOI on the glass substrate. Mott-Schotty plots con?rmed the formation of p-n heterojunction between the two electrodeposited semiconductors. The calculated charge carrier density of BiVO4/BiOI was higher than those of pristine BiVO4 and BiOI. The binary electrode also gave improved photocurrent response compared with unitary electrodes. Degradation ef?ciencies of 68% and 62% were achieved upon the application of the prepared photoanode (FTO/BiVO4/BiOI) in PEC degradation of acetaminophen and cipro?oxacin respectively using a bias potential of 1.5 V within 2 h. A synthetic pharmaceutical wastewater containing a mixture acetaminophen and cipro?oxacin was also treated with the photoanode. The photoanode was also effective in the degradation of dye. The ?ndings of this study suggest the suitability of the prepared photoanode for the photoelectrocatalytic degradation of organic pharmaceutical pollutants in wastewater.
关键词： Cipro?oxacin,p-n heterojunction photoanode,Photoelectrocatalytic degradation,Bismuth oxyiodide,Acetaminophen,Bismuth vanadate
更新于2025-11-14 14:48:53
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High Temperature One-Step Synthesis of Efficient Nanostructured BiVO4 Photoanodes for Water Oxidation
摘要： Bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) is a promising photoanode material for photoelectrochemical water splitting due to its well-suited valence band edge and comparatively narrow band gap. Herein, we provide first insights on the high temperature rapid and scalable synthesis of efficient nanostructured BiVO4 photoanodes for water oxidation. Nanostructured BiVO4 films with tunable optical density and porosity from 12 to 80% have been synthesized in few seconds by direct deposition of flame-made BiVO4 nanoparticle aerosols. The impact of BiVO4 film structural properties on the photooxidation performance has been systematically investigated by a set of electrochemical and physical characterizations indicating key directions for its morphological optimization. It was found that the BiVO4 water oxidization performance is mainly determined by two competitive factors, viz. accessible surface area and carrier conductivity through the grain boundaries. Optimization of these two factors increased the photocurrent densities by more than 3 times resulting in ca 1.5 mA cm-2 for sulphite oxidation and ca 1 mA cm-2 for water oxidation with a FeOOH\NiOOH co-catalyst at 1.0 V vs. the reversible hydrogen electrode (VRHE) under simulated one sun illumination. These findings provide novel insights into the structure-activity relationships of high temperature synthesized BiVO4 photoanodes for solar-powered water splitting, and introduce a scalable and low-cost approach for their rapid nanofabrication.
关键词： Flame Synthesis,Bismuth Vanadate,Scalable,One-Step,Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting
更新于2025-10-22 19:40:53
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A novel Z-scheme Ag3VO4/BiVO4 heterojunction photocatalyst: Study on the excellent photocatalytic performance and photocatalytic mechanism
摘要： A novel three-dimensional microspheres mediator-free Z-scheme Ag3VO4/BiVO4 heterojunction photocatalyst was successfully obtained for the first time. The photocatalytic performance of the as-prepared photocatalyst was systematically examined via the photocatalytic reduction of Cr6+ and oxidation of Bisphenol S under visible-light irradiation. Among these samples, 0.24-Ag3VO4/BiVO4 exhibits the highest photocatalytic performances, the photocatalytic reduction and oxidation efficiency of 74.9 and 94.8 %, respectively, can be achieved. The enhanced photocatalytic performance is attributed to the build-in electric field assisted charge transfer between the Ag3VO4 and BiVO4, and the increasing lifetime of the charge carrier confirmed by the results of time-resolved fluorescence spectra and photoelectrochemical measures. Moreover, based on the results of free radical scavenging activity test, and EPR experiments, it has been verified that the Ag3VO4/BiVO4 heterostructures follow a typical Z-scheme charge transfer mechanism rather than conventional type-II heterojunction charge transfer mechanism. Furthermore, the theoretical understanding of the underlying mechanism was also supported, while the energy band structure, and Fermi level were systematically calculated using the density functional theory approach. The results show that a built-in electric field directed from Ag3VO4 to BiVO4 surface was established as an equalized Fermi level was reached, which benefits the separation of photogenerated charge carriers in the way of a Z-scheme charge transfer mechanism. The strategy to form the three-dimensional microspheres Z-scheme heterojunction photocatalyst may offer new insight into the Z-scheme charge transfer mechanism for applications in the field of solar energy conversion.
关键词： Bismuth Vanadate,Z-scheme heterojunction photocatalyst,photocatalytic reduction and oxidation.
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Aging of a Vanadium Precursor Solution: Influencing Material Properties and Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation Performance of Solution-Processed BiVO <sub/>4</sub> Photoanodes
摘要： Metal–organic decomposition is an easy way to fabricate BiVO4 (BVO) photoanodes; however, it often experiences a reproducibility issue. Here, the aging duration of a vanadium precursor solution, vanadyl acetylacetonate in methanol, is identified as a factor that profoundly affects reproducibility. Substantial changes in structural, optical, and electrical properties of BVO films are observed upon varying aging time of vanadium precursor solutions, which subsequently impacts photoelectrochemical (PEC) water oxidation and sulfite oxidation reactions. With the optimum number of aging days (3 d), some deficiency of oxygen is observed, which is accompanied by an increase in carrier concentration and a reduced charge transfer resistance in the PEC device, which produces the highest PEC performance that is comparable to the state-of-the-art undoped BVO photoanodes. The findings point to the importance of understanding solution chemistry and demonstrate that utilization of the understanding of fine adjustment of the composition of BVO films can produce highly reproducible and efficient BiVO4 photoanodes.
关键词： solution aging,metal–organic decomposition,bismuth vanadate,chemical composition,photoelectrochemical water splitting
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Manipulation of Charge Transport by Metallic V <sub/>13</sub> O <sub/>16</sub> Decorated on Bismuth Vanadate Photoelectrochemical Catalyst
摘要： Conductive metal oxides represent a new category of functional material with vital importance for many modern applications. The present work introduces a new conductive metal oxide V13O16, which is synthesized via a simplified photoelectrochemical procedure and decorated onto the semiconducting photocatalyst BiVO4 in controlled mass percentages ranging from 25% to 37%. Owing to its excellent conductivity and good compatibility with oxide materials, the metallic V13O16-decorated BiVO4 hybrid catalyst shows a high photocurrent density of 2.2 ± 0.2 mA cm?2 at 1.23 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE). Both experimental characterization and density functional theory calculations indicate that the superior photocurrent derives from enhanced charge separation and transfer, resulting from ohmic contact at the interface of mixed phases and superior electrical conductivity from V13O16. A Co–Pi coating on BiVO4–V13O16 further increases the photocurrent to 5.0 ± 0.5 mA cm?2 at 1.23 V versus RHE, which is among the highest reported for BiVO4-based photoelectrodes. Surface photovoltage and transient photocurrent measurements suggest a charge-transfer model in which photocurrents are enhanced by improved surface passivation, although the barrier at the Co–Pi/electrolyte interface limits the charge transfer.
关键词： charge transport,bismuth vanadate,Co–Pi passivation,water oxidation,metallic V13O16
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Stoichiometric and non-stoichiometric tungsten doping effect in bismuth vanadate based photoactive material for photoelectrochemical water splitting
摘要： In photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting, BiVO4 has attracted attention due to its favorable band gap but it suffers low PEC performance due to poor conductivity. The vast majority of publications on this system has examined doping of stoichiometric composition of tungsten (W) on this system to increase bulk and interfacial conductivity while managing the contaminant generation of crystallographic defects and recombination sites. In this paper, a deep investigation was carried out to examine the effect of non-stoichiometric W doping in BiVO4 system. Stoichiometric and non-stoichiometric W-doped monoclinic BiVO4 (i.e. Bi1-(xtd)V1-xWxtdO4; BiV1-xWxtdO4 and BiV1-yWyO4; x ? 0.008; y ? 0.03 and d ? 0.005) were prepared using a facile dip coating technique. The stoichiometric composition contains charge balanced Bi, V and W atoms whereas non-stoichiometric compositions contain excess Bi and excess Bi and W. The non-stoichiometric composition BiV1-xWxtdO4 has shown better photoelectrochemical water splitting performance with respect to other compositions at 1.23 V vs RHE, under one sun illumination of electrode. The XRD and XPS results shows that non-stoichiometric doping with excess Bi or with excess Bi and W can possibly create an environment where V5t ions are substitutional replaced by W6t ions without generating other defects. But there was no signi?cant difference in band gap of different compositional samples observed. Further electrochemical impedance technique was used to analyze change in bulk and surface charge mobility with W-doping in BiVO4. The electrochemical impedance analysis showed the presence of low interfacial resistance, lower charge transfer resistance and high charge donor/surface state density for non-stoichiometric composition BiV1-xWxtdO4 electrode. It is evident from and cyclic voltammetry that the addition of excess Bi and W from its stoichiometric quantity ef?ciently suppressed the formation of hole-electron pair recombination sites. The electrochemical analytical results lead us to believe that the particular non-stoichiometric composition of BiV1-xWxtdO4 can signi?cantly lower trap sites and enhances kinetics of charge transfer, leading to the better photoelectrochemical water splitting performance.
关键词： Oxygen evolution,Photoelectrochemical cell,Water splitting,Bismuth vanadate,Tungsten doping
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Network Structured CuWO4/BiVO4/Co-Pi Nanocomposite for Solar Water Splitting
摘要： A network structured CuWO4/BiVO4 nanocomposite with a high specific surface area was prepared from CuWO4 nanoflake (NF) arrays via a method that combined drop-casting and thermal annealing. The obtained CuWO4/BiVO4 exhibited high catalytic activity toward photoelectrochemical (PEC) water oxidation. When cobalt phosphate (Co-Pi) was coupled with CuWO4/BiVO4, the activity of the resulting CuWO4/BiVO4/Co-Pi composite for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) was further improved. The photocurrent density (Jph) for OER on CuWO4/BiVO4/Co-Pi is among the highest reported on a CuWO4-based photoanode in a neutral solution. The high activity for the PEC OER was attributed to the high specific surface area of the composite, the formation of a CuWO4/BiVO4 heterojunction that accelerated electron–hole separation, and the coupling of the Co-Pi co-catalyst with CuWO4/BiVO4, which improved the charge transfer rate across composite/solution interface.
关键词： copper tungstate,cobalt phosphate,oxygen evolution reaction,bismuth vanadate,photoelectrochemical water splitting
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29
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Effect of pH on the Properties of BiVO<sub>4</sub> by Hydrothermal Synthesis Method
摘要： Bismuth vanadate (BiVO4 ) powders were synthesized using Bi(NO3)3.5H2O and NH4VO3 as raw materials, NaOH and HNO3 for pH adjustment. The samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction ( XRD ), scanning electron microscopy (SEM ) and UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectra techniques. The results show that the pH of precursor solution has great effect on the composition and morphology of products. Synthetic product was BiVO4 with two kinds of crystal shape ( monoclinic and tetragonal ) with pH of 3; synthetic product was pure monoclinic phase BiVO4 when the pH is between 5-9. Whereas, V2O5 and Bi2O3 appeared when the pH was 11; synthetic product was a mixture of V2O5 and Bi2O3 with pH of 13, and BiVO4 didn’t exist. The photocatalytic activity was evaluated by the degradation of methylene blue solution. It is shown that the synthetic sample has the best photocatalytic ability with pH of 5. The degradation of methylene blue reaches 84.7% when irradiated for 240 min by high pressure mercury lamp, and the sample synthesized at 13 for pH has strong adsorption capacity and poor photocatalytic ability.
关键词： Bismuth vanadate,Photocatalytic activity,pH value,Hydrothermal synthesis
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29