title: Synthesis and facet-dependent photoreactivity of BiOCl single-crystalline nanosheets.
abstract: BiOCl single-crystalline nanosheets with exposed {001} and {010} facets were selectively synthesized via a facile hydrothermal route. The resulting BiOCl single-crystalline nanosheets with exposed {001} facets exhibited higher activity for direct semiconductor photoexcitation pollutant degradation under UV light, but the counterpart with exposed {010} facets possessed superior activity for indirect dye photosensitization degradation under visible light.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, PR China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Kun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Xiaoyi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Lizhi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D001729:Bismuth / Q000737:chemistry*; D003460:Crystallization; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D049329:Nanostructures; D010777:Photochemistry
chemical_list: D001729:Bismuth