Surface Structure-Dependent Molecular Oxygen Activation of BiOCl Single-Crystalline Nanosheets

Kun Zhao(Central China Normal University), Lizhi Zhang(Central China Normal University), Jiajun Wang(University of Science and Technology of China), Qunxiang Li(University of Science and Technology of China), Weiwei He(Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition), Jun Jie Yin(Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition)
Journal of the American Chemical Society
October 11, 2013
Cited by 649

Abstract

We demonstrate that BiOCl single-crystalline nanosheets possess surface structure-dependent molecular oxygen activation properties under UV light. The (001) surface of BiOCl prefers to reduce O2 to ·O2(-) through one-electron transfer, while the (010) surface favors the formation of O2(2-) via two-electron transfer, which is cogoverned by the surface atom exposure and the situ generated oxygen vacancy characteristics of the (001) and (010) surfaces under UV light irradiation.


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