Skip to main navigation Skip to search Skip to main content

The photocatalytic activity of GO-modified BiVO4 for the degradation of phenol under visible light irradiation

  • Ruijie Yang
  • , Jiansheng He
  • , Minli Niu
  • , Yingying Fan
  • , Rongshu Zhu*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Abstract

In recent years, using graphene to modify BiVO4 has become a research hotspot. However, there are few reports on the effects of the graphene size and the loading content on the photocatalytic activity of the graphene-modified BiVO4. In this work, a series of BiVO4 photocatalysts modified by oxide graphene (GO) of different sizes and loadings were prepared, characterized and their activities were investigated. The results showed that when the size of GO was 5–7 μm and the loading was 0.5 wt%, the phenol degradation rate over the GO-modified BiVO4 was the best and reached 65.2% after 5 h visible light irradiation.

Original languageEnglish
Article number136770
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume735
DOIs
StatePublished - 16 Nov 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • BiVO
  • Oxide graphene
  • Phenol
  • Photocatalysis
  • Visible light

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'The photocatalytic activity of GO-modified BiVO4 for the degradation of phenol under visible light irradiation'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this