Facile Electrospinning of CeO 2 /Bi 2 WO 6 Heterostructured Nanofibers with Excellent Visible‐light‐driven Photocatalytic Performance

One‐dimensional (1D) CeO 2 /Bi 2 WO 6 heterostructured nanofibers with a diameter of about 300 nm were successfully synthesized by using a straightforward strategy combining an electrospinning technique with a sintering process. The acquired products were characterized by thermogravimetric and diffe...

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Published in:Chemistry, an Asian journal an Asian journal, 2015-08, Vol.10 (8), p.1710-1716
Main Authors: Liu, Xiaona, Lu, Qifang, Wei, Mingzhi, Wang, Cuiqing, Liu, Suwen
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Language:English
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Summary:One‐dimensional (1D) CeO 2 /Bi 2 WO 6 heterostructured nanofibers with a diameter of about 300 nm were successfully synthesized by using a straightforward strategy combining an electrospinning technique with a sintering process. The acquired products were characterized by thermogravimetric and differential scanning calorimetric (TG‐DSC), Fourier transform infrared (FT‐IR) spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X‐ray diffraction (XRD), X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) surface area measurements, and UV/Vis spectroscopy. The obtained CeO 2 /Bi 2 WO 6 heterostructured nanofibers exhibited an excellent photocatalytic property for the degradation of Rhodamine B (RhB) dye driven by visible light due to the promoted separation of photoelectrons and holes and the large contact area between the photocatalyst and organic pollutant.
ISSN:1861-4728
1861-471X
DOI:10.1002/asia.201500262