TY - JOUR
T1 - Recent advances and emerging trends in (BiO)2CO3 based photocatalysts for environmental remediation
T2 - A review
AU - Dutta, Vishal
AU - Sharma, Sheetal
AU - Raizada, Pankaj
AU - Khan, Aftab Aslam Parwaz
AU - Asiri, Abdullah M.
AU - Nadda, Ashok
AU - Singh, Pardeep
AU - Van Le, Quyet
AU - Huang, Chao Wei
AU - Nguyen, Dang Le Tri
AU - Pansambal, Shreyas
AU - Nguyen, Van Huy
N1 - Funding Information:
Dr. Quyet Van Le was supported by Brain Pool Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT (grant number 2020H1D3A1A04081409).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021
PY - 2021/8
Y1 - 2021/8
N2 - As per the global environmental pollution crisis, the explorations of optimized nanostructured photocatalytic materials have received considerable attention. Among them, Aurivillius-related oxide family bismuth subcarbonate (BiO)2CO3 photocatalysts, composed of self-possessed [Bi2O2]2+ layers interposed by CO32− clusters owing to a Sillen-Aurivillius layered structure, leading to exhibit superior photoactivity. The present review endeavors to summarize a comprehensive study on the development and fabrication techniques of (BiO)2CO3, which define the relationship between morphologies and photocatalytic activities. Besides, specific enhancement approaches for improving photocatalytic activity (BiO)2CO3, such as heterojunction formation, cocatalyst, doping, are presented. Furthermore, photocatalytic improvement characteristics and photocatalytic mechanisms of (BiO)2CO3 based semiconductor heterojunction-based photocatalyst are successfully explained. Finally, the review ended with conclusions, challenges, and guidelines for future work for (BiO)2CO3 based heterojunction semiconductor photocatalysts toward various potential environmental remediation in the coming years.
AB - As per the global environmental pollution crisis, the explorations of optimized nanostructured photocatalytic materials have received considerable attention. Among them, Aurivillius-related oxide family bismuth subcarbonate (BiO)2CO3 photocatalysts, composed of self-possessed [Bi2O2]2+ layers interposed by CO32− clusters owing to a Sillen-Aurivillius layered structure, leading to exhibit superior photoactivity. The present review endeavors to summarize a comprehensive study on the development and fabrication techniques of (BiO)2CO3, which define the relationship between morphologies and photocatalytic activities. Besides, specific enhancement approaches for improving photocatalytic activity (BiO)2CO3, such as heterojunction formation, cocatalyst, doping, are presented. Furthermore, photocatalytic improvement characteristics and photocatalytic mechanisms of (BiO)2CO3 based semiconductor heterojunction-based photocatalyst are successfully explained. Finally, the review ended with conclusions, challenges, and guidelines for future work for (BiO)2CO3 based heterojunction semiconductor photocatalysts toward various potential environmental remediation in the coming years.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.surfin.2021.101273
DO - 10.1016/j.surfin.2021.101273
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85108424844
SN - 2468-0230
VL - 25
JO - Surfaces and Interfaces
JF - Surfaces and Interfaces
M1 - 101273
ER -
