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Wenjian Fang1,2, Yang Yang1, Qihong Lu1
1School of Electrical and Energy Power Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, China.
Abstract:
It has been proven that the introduction of disorder in the surface layers can narrow the energy band gap of semiconductors. Disordering the surface's atomic arrangement is primarily achieved through hydrogenation reduction. In this work, we propose a new approach to achieve visible-light absorption through surface phosphorization, simultaneously raising the energy band structure. In particular, the surface phosphorization of BiY1-VO4 was successfully prepared by annealing them with a small amount of NaH2PO2 under a N2 atmosphere. After this treatment, the obtained BiY1-VO4 showed distinct absorption in visible light. The surface phosphorization treatment not only improves the photocatalytic activity of BiY1-VO4 but also enables visible-light photocatalytic overall water splitting. Furthermore, we demonstrate that this surface phosphorization method is universal for Bi-based composite oxides.
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