Construction of ZnTiO/BiNbOCl heterojunction with enhanced photocatalytic performance.
Gao, Zhaoqun;Qu, Xiaofei;
nanoscale research letters2020Vol. 15pp. 64
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gao2020constructionnanoscale
Abstract
Constructing heterojunction is an effective strategy to enhance photocatalytic performance of photocatalysts. Herein, we fabricated ZnTiO/BiNbOCl heterojunction with improved performance via a typical mechanical mixing method. The rhodamine (RhB) degradation rate over heterojunction is higher than that of individual ZnTiO or BiNbOCl under Xenon-arc lamp irradiation. Combining ZnTiO with BiNbOCl can inhibit the recombination of photo-excited carriers. The improved quantum efficiency was demonstrated by transient-photocurrent responses (PC), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), photoluminescence (PL) spectra, and time-resolved PL (TRPL) spectra. This research may be valuable for photocatalysts in the industrial application.