Synthesis and internal electric field dependent photoreactivity of Bi3O4Cl single-crystalline nanosheets with high {001} facet exposure percentages.
We prepared Bi3O4Cl single-crystalline nanosheets with high {001} facet exposure percentages and demonstrated that their photoreactivity strongly depended on the magnitude of the internal electric field (IEF), which was correlated with the {001} facet exposure percentage. More {001} facet exposure could induce the generation of stronger IEF, which favored the photogenerated charge separation and transfer, and thus enhancing the photoreactivity.
Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P.R. China. zhanglz@mail.ccnu.edu.cn.
Jie
J
Li
Lizhi
L
Zhang
Yujie
Y
Li
Ying
Y
Yu