Insight into the regulation between crystallinity and oxygen vacancies of BiVO<sub>4</sub> affecting the photocatalytic oxygen evolution activity
Yaqian Zhang, Wenjun Han, Lingling Ding, Fan Fang, Zhengzheng Xie, Xianglei Liu, Kun Chang
Abstract
The oxygen defects and crystallinity of BiVO 4 were matched and regulated by heat treatment, which improved the crystallinity and the photocorrosion resistance, and ensured the existence of certain oxygen defects as reactive sites to improve the oxygen evolution activity.
Topics & Concepts
CrystallinityOxygenPhotocatalysisCatalysisReactive oxygen speciesOxygen evolutionMaterials scienceChemistryChemical engineeringCrystallographyBiochemistryPhysical chemistryOrganic chemistryElectrodeEngineeringElectrochemistryAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesCopper-based nanomaterials and applicationsAdvanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis