Improved water oxidation activity of a Sillén SrBi<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>Cl<sub>3</sub> photocatalyst by flux method with an appropriate binary-component molten salt
Yusuke Ishii, Hajime Suzuki, Kanta Ogawa, Osamu Tomita, Akinori Saeki, Ryu Abe
Abstract
A Sillén SrBi 3 O 4 Cl 3 is synthesized in pure and high-crystallinity form via a flux method with an appropriate molten salt, which leads to a higher photocatalytic activity than that of SrBi 3 O 4 Cl 3 prepared by a conventional solid-state reaction method.
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Component (thermodynamics)PhotocatalysisMolten saltFlux (metallurgy)SillMaterials scienceBinary numberSalt (chemistry)MineralogyInorganic chemistryAnalytical Chemistry (journal)Chemical engineeringChemistryMetallurgyGeochemistryThermodynamicsGeologyCatalysisEnvironmental chemistryPhysical chemistryPhysicsMathematicsEngineeringArithmeticBiochemistryAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesElectronic and Structural Properties of OxidesAdvanced Condensed Matter Physics