title: One-pot, low-temperature synthesis of self-doped NaTaO3 nanoclusters for visible-light-driven photocatalysis.
abstract: Herein we first report the synthesis of self-doped NaTaO3 nanoclusters using a facile and one-pot low-temperature solvothermal method. Ta(4+) in bulk NaTaO3 greatly narrows its band gap from 3.94 to 1.70 eV and thus extends its photoresponse from the UV to the visible light region, which leads to enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity for water splitting and dye degradation without loading any co-catalysts such as Pt or NiO commonly used in the method described in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, PR China.
authors.forename: Jianqiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shuangyue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Minhua
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Changwen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hu