Construction of ZnTiO₃/Bi₄NbO₈Cl heterojunction with enhanced photocatalytic performance

Constructing heterojunction is an effective strategy to enhance photocatalytic performance of photocatalysts. Herein, we fabricated ZnTiO₃/Bi₄NbO₈Cl heterojunction with improved performance via a typical mechanical mixing method. The rhodamine (RhB) degradation rate over heterojunction is higher than that of individual ZnTiO₃ or Bi₄NbO₈Cl under Xenon-arc lamp irradiation. Combining ZnTiO₃ with Bi₄NbO₈Cl can inhibit the recombination of photo-excited carriers. The improved quantum efficiency was demonstrated by transient-photocurrent responses (PC), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), photoluminescence (PL) spectra, and time-resolved PL (TRPL) spectra. This research may be valuable for photocatalysts in the industrial application.