title: A bismuth-based metal-organic framework as an efficient visible-light-driven photocatalyst.
abstract: A visible-light-responsive bismuth-based metal-organic framework (Bi-mna) is demonstrated to show good photoelectric and photocatalytic properties. Combining experimental and theoretical results, a ligand-to-ligand charge transfer (LLCT) process is found to be responsible for the high performance, which gives rise to a longer lifetime of photogenerated charge carriers. Our results suggest that bismuth-based MOFs could be promising candidates for the development of efficient visible-light photocatalysts.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100 (P.R. China).
authors.forename: Guanzhi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Qilong
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Yuanyuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Baibiao
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Xiaoyang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiaoyan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qin
keywords: bismuth; metal-organic frameworks; photocatalysis; photoelectric properties; semiconducting materials