Polyacrylamide Gel Preparation, Photocatalytic Properties, and Mechanism of BiVO4 Particles

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1088.2012.20901

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Abstract: BiVO₄ particles were prepared by a polyacrylamide gel method and characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and ultraviolet-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. The results demonstrate that the as-prepared BiVO₄ particles crystallize in a monoclinic scheelite-type structure, are regularly shaped like spheres with a uniform size of ~400 nm, and have a bandgap energy of 2.49 eV. The photocatalytic activity of BiVO₄ particles was evaluated by the degradation of methylene blue under simulated sunlight irradiation. The effects of O₂, N₂, ethanol, and KI on the photocatalytic efficiency were investigated. Hydroxyl radicals (•OH) formed on the catalyst under simulated sunlight irradiation were detected by photoluminescence spectroscopy using terephthalic acid as a probe molecule. The photocatalytic degradation mechanism involved is discussed in detail. Based on the photocatalytic results, hydroxyl radicals and photogenerated h⁺ are suggested to be the two main active species toward the photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue by BiVO₄.

Key words: bismuth vanadate, nanoparticle, polyacrylamide gel method, photocatalytic mechanism, hole, hydroxyl radical

SUN Jun-Hui, YANG Hua, XIAN Tao, WANG Wei-Peng, FENG Wang-Jun. Polyacrylamide Gel Preparation, Photocatalytic Properties, and Mechanism of BiVO₄ Particles[J]. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2012, 33(12): 1982-1987.

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