Defect-engineering of Pt/Bi<sub>4</sub>NbO<sub>8</sub>Br heterostructures for synergetic promotional photocatalytic removal of versatile organic contaminants
Liang Shi, Xilu Wu, Chonglei Xu, Qiang Bai, Zhen Nie, Chengcheng Ji, Yelong Zhang, Zhengmao Yin, Shuai Zhang, Xiaofei Qu, Fanglin Du
Abstract
Defective Pt/Bi<sub>4</sub>NbO<sub>8</sub>Br composites were fabricated <italic>via</italic> a facile <italic>in situ</italic> chemical reduction method. The synergistic effect of Pt and oxygen vacancies endows the hybrid photocatalysts with enhanced efficiency for versatile organic pollutant removal.
Topics & Concepts
Materials sciencePhotocatalysisNatural bond orbitalHeterojunctionChemical engineeringNanotechnologyCatalysisOrganic chemistryOptoelectronicsMoleculeChemistryEngineeringAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesCopper-based nanomaterials and applicationsGas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors