Synthesis and Photocatalytic Property of N-doped BiVO4 via Sol-Gel Method Using Corn Stem as Template

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N-doped BiVO₄ photocatalysts (CS-BiVO₄-xN) were successfully prepared by Sol-Gel method taking the corn stem as template and C₆H₁₂N₄ as N source. The samples were characterized with X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscope (XPS), scanning electron microscope (SEM), Fourier infrared spectrum (FTIR), and UV-Vis absorption spectroscope (UV-Vis). The photocatalytic activity were investigated by degradation of methyl oran ge (MO) under visible-light irradiation. The results showed that N doping did not change the crystallinity of the BiVO₄. The doped N replaced some of O atoms in BiVO₄ and formed the -N-V-O band. The synergetic effect of impurity energy levels and oxygen vacancies led to narrower band-gap and red-shift of optical absorption band. Furthermore, the N doped BiVO₄ with honeycomb like structure and smaller crystal sizes was prepared by using corn stem as template, which is beneficial to higher initial MO absorption and better photocatalytic activity. The degradation rate of MO under visible light illumination for 50 min is 80.9% in presence of CS-BiVO₄-12N, which is much higher than those in presence of CS-BiVO₄ (25.56%) and BiVO₄-12N (28.34%).

Key words: N-doped, corn stem, BiVO4, photocatalyst, methyl orange solution

CLC Number:

O643

WANG Min, NIU Chao, DONG Zhan-Jun, CHE Yin-Sheng, DONG Duo, ZHENG Hao-Yan, YANG Chang-Xiu. Synthesis and Photocatalytic Property of N-doped BiVO₄ via Sol-Gel Method Using Corn Stem as Template[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2014, 29(8): 807-813.

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Fig. 1 XRD patterns of different BiVO4 samples (a) BiVO4; (b) BiVO4-12N; (c) CS-BiVO4; (d) CS- BiVO4-8N; (e) CS- BiVO4-10N; (f) CS- BiVO4-12N; (g) CS- BiVO4-14N

Table 1 Structure and properties of samples

Sample	D/nm	MO absorption amount	Band<br/>gap /eV
BiVO₄	49	0.6%	2.36
CS-BiVO₄	25	3.2%	2.19
CS-BiVO₄-8N	25	4.0%	2.18
CS-BiVO₄-10N	24	5.5%	2.16
CS-BiVO₄-12N	23	6.6%	2.14
CS-BiVO₄-14N	24	6.0%	2.10
BiVO₄-12N	27	1.2%	2.23

Fig. 2 SEM images of different BiVO4 samples (a) Corn stem; (b) CS-BiVO4; (c) CS-BiVO4-8N; (d) CS- BiVO4-10N; (e) CS-BiVO4-12N; (f) CS-BiVO4-14N; (g) BiVO4; (h) BiVO4-12N

Fig. 3 XPS spectra of N 1s(A), Bi 4f(B), (C) V2p and (D) O1s for sample CS-BiVO4 (a) and CS-BiVO4-12N (b)

Fig. 4 FT-IR absorption spectra of different BiVO4 samples (a) BiVO4; (b)CS-BiVO4; (c) CS-BiVO4-8N; (d)CS-BiVO4-10N; (e) CS-BiVO4-12N; (f) CS- BiVO4-14N; (g) Corn-stem

Fig. 5 UV-vis spectra (a) and relation between (ahv)2 and hv (b) of different BiVO4 samples

Fig. 6 MO degradation under visible light illumination for 50 min in the presence of as-prepared photocatalysts

Fig. 7 -ln(Ct/C0) as a function of t on the catalysts by visible light irradiation (a) BiVO4; (b) CS-BiVO4; (c)BiVO4-12N; (d)CS-BiVO4-8N; (e) CS- BiVO4-10N; (f) CS- BiVO4-12N; (g) CS- BiVO4-14N

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