title: Monoclinic porous BiVO4 networks decorated by discrete g-C3N4 nano-islands with tunable coverage for highly efficient photocatalysis.
abstract: An efficient g-C3N4/BiVO4 heterojunction photocatalyst is constructed with BiVO4 networks decorated by discrete g-C3N4 nano-islands with controllable coverage. The as-synthesized g-C3N4/BiVO4 photo-catalyst shows superior visible light photocatalytic activity. The enhanced photocatalytic activity can be ascribed to increased charge separation efficiency, separated redox reaction sites, fully exposed reactive interfaces, and excellent visible light response of g-C3N4/BiVO4 composite.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin, 300072, China.
authors.forename: Changjiang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Shengping
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Tuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yijia
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jinlong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gong
keywords: Heterojunction; Photocatalysts; bismuth vanadate; g-C3N4/BiVO4; graphitic carbon nitride