title: Double-diffusion-based synthesis of BiVO4 mesoporous single crystals with enhanced photocatalytic activity for oxygen evolution.
abstract: BiVO4 mesoporous single crystals (MSCs) were successfully prepared, for the first time, by a one-step hydrothermal method using the acidified BiVO4 precursor solution pre-impregnated silica as the template. It was revealed that the BiVO4 MSCs were formed by a double-diffusion mechanism. The O2 evolution rate over BiVO4 MSCs was improved nearly 10 times than that over BiVO4 bulk single crystals.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China. baozhutian@ecust.edu.cn jlzhang@ecust.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Qiangfang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Shenyuan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bao
authors.forename: Baozhu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Yifei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Jinlong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang