Photodegradation of Rhodamine B over unexcited semiconductor compounds of BiOCl and BiOBr

Xiaofeng Chang; M. A. Gondal; A. A. Al-Saadi; M. A. Ali; Hefei Shen; Qin Zhou; Jun Zhang; Mengping Du; Yousong Liu; Guangbin Ji

doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2012.03.021

Photodegradation of Rhodamine B over unexcited semiconductor compounds of BiOCl and BiOBr

Xiaofeng Chang, M. A. Gondal, A. A. Al-Saadi, M. A. Ali, Hefei Shen, Qin Zhou, Jun Zhang, Mengping Du, Yousong Liu, Guangbin Ji^*

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Abstract

This study reported, for the first time systematically, photodegradation of Rhodamine B (RhB) in aqueous solution over BiOCl and BiOBr semiconductors. Under visible light irradiation (λ> 400. nm, λ> 420. nm and λ= 550 ± 15. nm), RhB adsorbed on the surface of BiOCl and BiOBr was photosensitized and decomposed effectively over unexcited BiOCl and BiOBr. The degradation of Methyl Orange (MO) and Methylene Blue (MB) over BiOCl and BiOBr was investigated as well, and the results were compared with RhB photodegradation. It was found that MB molecules having the lowest LUMO could not be degraded by this process. Utilizing the quantum chemical calculation (Gaussian 03 program), the relationship between frontier orbital energy of selected dye molecules and photodegradation rate was established for the first time in this study.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	291-298
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
Volume	377
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2012.03.021
State	Published - 1 Jul 2012

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This work was finically supported by Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51172109) and Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province in China (No. BK2010497).

Keywords

BiOBr
BiOCl
Methyl Orange
Methylene Blue
Photosensitized degradation
Rhodamine B

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Biomaterials
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Colloid and Surface Chemistry

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