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Marks M, Jeppesen H, Nielsen MLN, Kong J, Ceccato M, van der Veen MA, Bøjesen ED, Lock N. Elucidating Structural Disorder in Ultra-Thin Bi-Rich Bismuth Oxyhalide Photocatalysts. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2401413. [PMID: 38733238 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202401413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2024] [Revised: 04/25/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024]
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Advancing the field of photocatalysis requires the elucidation of structural properties that underpin the photocatalytic properties of promising materials. The focus of the present study is layered, Bi-rich bismuth oxyhalides, which are widely studied for photocatalytic applications yet poorly structurally understood, due to high levels of disorder, nano-sized domains, and the large number of structurally similar compounds. By connecting insights from multiple scattering techniques, utilizing electron-, X-ray- and neutron probes, the crystal phase of the synthesized materials is allocated as layered Bi24O31X10 (X = Cl, Br), albeit with significant deviation from the reported 3D crystalline model. The materials comprise anisotropic platelet-shaped crystalline domains, exhibiting significant in-plane ordering in two dimensions but disorder and an ultra-thin morphology in the layer stacking direction. Increased synthesis pH tailored larger, more ordered crystalline domains, leading to longer excited state lifetimes determined via femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy (fs-TAS). Although this likely contributes to improved photocatalytic properties, assessed via the photooxidation of benzylamine, increasing the overall surface area facilitated the most significant improvement in photocatalytic performance. This study, therefore, enabled both phase allocation and a nuanced discussion of the structure-property relationship for complicated, ultra-thin photocatalysts.
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- Melissa Marks
- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre (iNANO), Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, Aarhus C, 8000, Denmark
- Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Aarhus University, Åbogade 40, Aarhus N, 8200, Denmark
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestr. 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre (iNANO), Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, Aarhus C, 8000, Denmark
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Technische Universiteit Delft, Delft, HZ 2629, The Netherlands
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre (iNANO), Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, Aarhus C, 8000, Denmark
- Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Aarhus University, Åbogade 40, Aarhus N, 8200, Denmark
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Technische Universiteit Delft, Delft, HZ 2629, The Netherlands
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre (iNANO), Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, Aarhus C, 8000, Denmark
- iMAT Aarhus University Centre for Integrated Materials Research, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, Aarhus C, 8000, Denmark
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre (iNANO), Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, Aarhus C, 8000, Denmark
- Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Aarhus University, Åbogade 40, Aarhus N, 8200, Denmark
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Han X, Zhang Y, Wang S, Huang H. Controllable synthesis, characterization and photocatalytic performance of four kinds of bismuth-based materials. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2019.02.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Yin R, Li Y, Zhong K, Yao H, Zhang Y, Lai K. Multifunctional property exploration: Bi4O5I2 with high visible light photocatalytic performance and a large nonlinear optical effect. RSC Adv 2019; 9:4539-4544. [PMID: 35520164 PMCID: PMC9060602 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra08984a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2018] [Accepted: 01/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Exploration of the versatility of materials is very important for increasing the utilization of materials. Herein, we successfully prepared Bi4O5I2 powders via a facile solvothermal method. The Bi4O5I2 photocatalyst exhibited significantly higher photocatalytic activity as compared to the common BiOI photocatalyst in the degradation of methyl orange, methylene blue and rhodamine B under visible light irradiation. Especially, for the degradation of methyl orange, the photocatalytic activity of Bi4O5I2 is about 10 times that of BiOI. Moreover, Bi4O5I2 exhibits an extremely high second harmonic generation response of about 20 × KDP (the benchmark) estimated by the unbiased ab initio calculations. The coexisting multifunction of Bi4O5I2 is mainly because of the increased dipole moment due to the stereochemical activity of lone pairs that promotes separation and transfer of photogenerated carriers, then enhances the photocatalytic activity and results in a high second harmonic generation response. This indicates that Bi4O5I2 may have good potential applications in photocatalytic and nonlinear optical fields. Bi4O5I2 exhibits an extremely high second harmonic generation response and enhanced photocatalytic activity. The multifunction of Bi4O5I2 is mainly resulting from the dipole moment of the stereochemical activity of Bi 6s lone pairs.![]()
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- Ruonan Yin
- Department of Physics
- Changji University
- Changji 831100
- China
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- Department of Physics
- Changji University
- Changji 831100
- China
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- Department of Physics
- Changji University
- Changji 831100
- China
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- Department of Physics
- Changji University
- Changji 831100
- China
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- Department of Physics
- Changji University
- Changji 831100
- China
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- Department of Physics
- Changji University
- Changji 831100
- China
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Zhang W, Zhu G, Yang W, Sun Q, Wu Q, Tian Y, Zhang Z, Zhang S, Cheng S, Zhang C, Chen S, Zhang F. Fe-doped Bi4O5Br2 visible light photocatalyst: A first principles investigation. JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL & COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY 2018. [DOI: 10.1142/s0219633618500311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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This study employed first principles calculations to investigate Fe-doped Bi4O5Br2 as a potential photocatalyst with high efficiency. Based on formation energy calculation, the Fe atoms prefer to replace the Bi atoms with coordination bond of 3, and the optimal concentration for Fe-doping is 6.06[Formula: see text]wt.%. From surface energy calculations, the [Formula: see text] surface has the lowest surface energy, and therefore the easiest cleavage facet is [Formula: see text]. The key factors for the improvement of photocatalytic efficiency after Fe-doped Bi4O5Br2 are estimated as follows. First, the band gap decreases from 2.63[Formula: see text]eV in pristine case to 2.40[Formula: see text]eV in 4 Fe-doped Bi4O5Br2 case, resulting in the photon absorption edge shift to lower energy range and the absorption coefficient increase. Secondly, the work functions decrease from 5.66 eV (pristine) to 4.92[Formula: see text]eV (4 Fe-doped Bi4O5Br2), which facilitate the electrons escaping from the surface. Thirdly, the relative mass ratio of photo-induced electrons and holes increases with Fe concentration. Because the Fe 3[Formula: see text] impurity states in the forbidden band gap become wider, the relative ratio increased after Fe-doped Bi4O5Br2. Finally, the Fe doping process introduces more active sites on the surface, which can effectively improve the capacity of target molecules adsorption. Therefore, it is reasonable to believe that Fe-doped Bi4O5Br2 can effectively improve the photocatalytic efficiency because the abovementioned key factors have tremendously improved. Our work provides a reasonable reason for choosing Fe as a dopant, which can help our experimental work and provide explanation for photocatalytic efficiency improvement.
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- Weibin Zhang
- School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434023, P. R. China
- Department of Physics, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea
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- School of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710062, P. R. China
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- Department of Physics, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea
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- Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences; National Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (NCNST), Beijing 100083, P. R. China
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434023, P. R. China
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434023, P. R. China
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- Department of Physics, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434023, P. R. China
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434023, P. R. China
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434023, P. R. China
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- College of Physics and Electronic Information, Yan’an University, Yan’an 716000, P. R. China
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Wlaźlak E, Blachecki A, Bisztyga-Szklarz M, Klejna S, Mazur T, Mech K, Pilarczyk K, Przyczyna D, Suchecki M, Zawal P, Szaciłowski K. Heavy pnictogen chalcohalides: the synthesis, structure and properties of these rediscovered semiconductors. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:12133-12162. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cc05149f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Heavy pnictogen chalcohalides offer various shades from the same palette, like “Paysage” by Nicolas de Staël. Their versatility and tunability lead to a new world of possible applications.
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- Ewelina Wlaźlak
- AGH University of Science and Technology, Academic Centre for Materials and Nanotechnology
- 30-059 Krakow
- Poland
- Jagiellonian University
- Faculty of Chemistry
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- AGH University of Science and Technology, Academic Centre for Materials and Nanotechnology
- 30-059 Krakow
- Poland
- AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Non-Ferrous Metals
- 30-059 Krakow
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- AGH University of Science and Technology, Academic Centre for Materials and Nanotechnology
- 30-059 Krakow
- Poland
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- AGH University of Science and Technology, Academic Centre for Materials and Nanotechnology
- 30-059 Krakow
- Poland
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- AGH University of Science and Technology, Academic Centre for Materials and Nanotechnology
- 30-059 Krakow
- Poland
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- AGH University of Science and Technology, Academic Centre for Materials and Nanotechnology
- 30-059 Krakow
- Poland
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- AGH University of Science and Technology, Academic Centre for Materials and Nanotechnology
- 30-059 Krakow
- Poland
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- AGH University of Science and Technology, Academic Centre for Materials and Nanotechnology
- 30-059 Krakow
- Poland
- AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science
- 30-059 Krakow
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- AGH University of Science and Technology, Academic Centre for Materials and Nanotechnology
- 30-059 Krakow
- Poland
- AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science
- 30-059 Krakow
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- AGH University of Science and Technology, Academic Centre for Materials and Nanotechnology
- 30-059 Krakow
- Poland
- AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science
- 30-059 Krakow
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- AGH University of Science and Technology, Academic Centre for Materials and Nanotechnology
- 30-059 Krakow
- Poland
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Jin X, Ye L, Xie H, Chen G. Bismuth-rich bismuth oxyhalides for environmental and energy photocatalysis. Coord Chem Rev 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2017.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 242] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Synthesis of Bi x O y I z from molecular precursor and selective photoreduction of CO 2 into CO. J CO2 UTIL 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2016.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Li R, Xie F, Liu J, Wang Y, Wang Y, Zhang X, Fan C. Synthesis of Bi4O5Br2 from reorganization of BiOBr and its excellent visible light photocatalytic activity. Dalton Trans 2016; 45:9182-6. [DOI: 10.1039/c6dt00997b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In this study, a novel visible-light-driven Bi4O5Br2 photocatalyst was successfully synthesized via the structure reorganization of BiOBr at room temperature using NH3·H2O as a structure-controlling agent.
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- Rui Li
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Taiyuan University of Technology
- Taiyuan 030024
- PR China
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- Shanxi Industry and Trade College
- Taiyuan 030024
- PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Taiyuan University of Technology
- Taiyuan 030024
- PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Taiyuan University of Technology
- Taiyuan 030024
- PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Taiyuan University of Technology
- Taiyuan 030024
- PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Taiyuan University of Technology
- Taiyuan 030024
- PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Taiyuan University of Technology
- Taiyuan 030024
- PR China
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Han A, Chian SF, Toy XY, Sun J, Jaenicke S, Chuah GK. Bismuth oxyiodide heterojunctions in photocatalytic degradation of phenolic molecules. RESEARCH ON CHEMICAL INTERMEDIATES 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s11164-015-1976-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Peng Y, Yu PP, Zhou HY, Xu AW. Synthesis of BiOI/Bi4O5I2/Bi2O2CO3 p–n–p heterojunctions with superior photocatalytic activities. NEW J CHEM 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5nj01662b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The formation of p–n heterojunctions among BiOI, Bi4O5I2 and Bi2O2CO3 enhances the charge transfer and separation of the photogenerated carriers and photocatalytic activity.
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- Yin Peng
- The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids
- Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Anhui Normal University
- Wuhu 241000
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- The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids
- Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Anhui Normal University
- Wuhu 241000
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- The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids
- Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Anhui Normal University
- Wuhu 241000
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- Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Hefei 230026
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Han A, Sun J, Lin X, Yuan CH, Chuah GK, Jaenicke S. Influence of facets and heterojunctions in photoactive bismuth oxyiodide. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra18236k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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An investigation into the influence of facets versus heterojunctions in the photoactivity of bismuth oxyiodide composites.
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- Aijuan Han
- Department of Chemistry
- National University of Singapore
- Singapore 117543
- Singapore
- NUS Environmental Research Institute
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- Department of Chemistry
- National University of Singapore
- Singapore 117543
- Singapore
- NUS Environmental Research Institute
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- Department of Chemistry
- National University of Singapore
- Singapore 117543
- Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry
- National University of Singapore
- Singapore 117543
- Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry
- National University of Singapore
- Singapore 117543
- Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry
- National University of Singapore
- Singapore 117543
- Singapore
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Krivovichev SV, Mentré O, Siidra OI, Colmont M, Filatov SK. Anion-centered tetrahedra in inorganic compounds. Chem Rev 2013; 113:6459-535. [PMID: 23621387 DOI: 10.1021/cr3004696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Sergey V Krivovichev
- St. Petersburg State University , Department of Crystallography, University Emb. 7/9, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
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Xiao X, Liu C, Hu R, Zuo X, Nan J, Li L, Wang L. Oxygen-rich bismuth oxyhalides: generalized one-pot synthesis, band structures and visible-light photocatalytic properties. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/c2jm33556e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 235] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Xiao X, Zhang WD. Hierarchical Bi7O9I3 micro/nano-architecture: facile synthesis, growth mechanism, and high visible light photocatalytic performance. RSC Adv 2011. [DOI: 10.1039/c1ra00323b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Oppermann H, Schmidt M, Schmidt P. Autotransport oder Selbsttransport ? Systeme mit Gasphasentransporten unter dem eigenen Zersetzungsdruck. Z Anorg Allg Chem 2005. [DOI: 10.1002/zaac.200400381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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