PMID- 22530926
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130124
LR  - 20161125
IS  - 1751-1097 (Electronic)
IS  - 0031-8655 (Linking)
VI  - 88
IP  - 5
DP  - 2012 Sep-Oct
TI  - Microemulsion synthesis, characterization of highly visible light responsive rare 
      earth-doped Bi2O3.
PG  - 1205-10
LID - 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2012.01164.x [doi]
AB  - In this paper, Bi(2)O(3) and rare earth (La, Ce)-doped Bi(2)O(3) 
      visible-light-driven photocatalysts were prepared in a Triton 
      X-100/n-hexanol/cyclohexane/water reverse microemulsion. The resulting materials 
      were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), transmission electron 
      microscopy (TEM), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area, photoluminescence 
      spectra (PLS) and UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. The XRD patterns of 
      the as-prepared catalysts calcined at 500  degrees C exhibited only the characteristic 
      peaks of monoclinic alpha-Bi(2)O(3). PLS analysis implied that the separation 
      efficiency for electron-hole has been enhanced when Bi(2)O(3) was doped with rare 
      earth. UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy measurements presented an 
      extension of light absorption into the visible region. The photocatalytic 
      activity of the samples was evaluated by degradation of methyl orange (MO) and 
      2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP). The results displayed that the photocatalytic 
      activity of rare earth-doped Bi(2)O(3) was higher than that of dopant-free 
      Bi(2)O(3). The optimal dopant amount of La or Ce was 1.0 mol%. And the mechanisms 
      of influence on the photocatalytic activity of the catalysts were discussed.
CI  - (c) 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Photochemistry and Photobiology (c) 2012 The 
      American Society of Photobiology.
FAU - Wu, Shuxing
AU  - Wu S
AD  - School of Chemistry and Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 
      China.
FAU - Fang, Jianzhang
AU  - Fang J
FAU - Xu, Xiaoxin
AU  - Xu X
FAU - Liu, Zhang
AU  - Liu Z
FAU - Zhu, Ximiao
AU  - Zhu X
FAU - Xu, Weicheng
AU  - Xu W
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20120530
PL  - United States
TA  - Photochem Photobiol
JT  - Photochemistry and photobiology
JID - 0376425
RN  - 0 (Azo Compounds)
RN  - 0 (Chlorophenols)
RN  - 0 (Cyclohexanes)
RN  - 0 (Emulsions)
RN  - 0 (Hexanols)
RN  - 059QF0KO0R (Water)
RN  - 30K4522N6T (Cerium)
RN  - 6B4TC34456 (methyl orange)
RN  - 6CP2QER8GS (1-hexanol)
RN  - 6I3K30563S (Lanthanum)
RN  - 9002-93-1 (Octoxynol)
RN  - A6I4E79QF1 (bismuth oxide)
RN  - R669TG1950 (2,4-dichlorophenol)
RN  - U015TT5I8H (Bismuth)
SB  - IM
MH  - Azo Compounds/chemistry
MH  - Bismuth/*chemistry
MH  - Catalysis
MH  - Cerium/*chemistry
MH  - Chlorophenols/chemistry
MH  - Cyclohexanes/chemistry
MH  - Emulsions
MH  - Hexanols/chemistry
MH  - Hot Temperature
MH  - Lanthanum/*chemistry
MH  - Light
MH  - Luminescent Measurements
MH  - Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
MH  - Octoxynol/chemistry
MH  - *Photochemical Processes
MH  - Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
MH  - Water/chemistry
MH  - X-Ray Diffraction
EDAT- 2012/04/26 06:00
MHDA- 2013/01/25 06:00
CRDT- 2012/04/26 06:00
PHST- 2012/04/26 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/04/26 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/01/25 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2012.01164.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Photochem Photobiol. 2012 Sep-Oct;88(5):1205-10. doi: 
      10.1111/j.1751-1097.2012.01164.x. Epub 2012 May 30.