One-pot template-free synthesis of heterophase BiVO4microspheres with enhanced photocatalytic activity
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- 15 June 2015
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in RSC Advances
- Vol. 5 (68) , 54882-54889
Abstract
BiVO4microsphere with tetragonal-zircon/monoclinic-scheelite heterophase was synthesized by a one-pot template-free hydrothermal method. The heterophase BiVO4sample exhibited the highest photocatalytic activity with 97.7% of RhB degraded.Keywords
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