Multi‐factors on photocatalytic properties of Y‐doped Bi2WO6 crystallites prepared by microwave‐hydrothermal method

Different contents of Y‐doped Bi₂WO₆ crystallites were synthesized by a microwave‐hydrothermal method. The photocatalytic properties with different contents of Y‐doped Bi₂WO₆ crystallites were studied. The Y‐doped Bi₂WO₆ crystallites were also characterized by XRD, EDX, SEM and UV‐vis DRS and the multi‐factors on photocatalytic properties of Y‐Doped Bi₂WO₆ crystallites were discussed. The results indicate that Y³⁺ replacing Bi³⁺ enters into the Bi₂WO₆ lattice, producing a degree of Bi₂WO₆ lattice distortion. It also has an impact on the crystallinity of Bi₂WO₆ and the band gap is from 2.49 eV to 2.71 eV. The photocatalytic results show that when the content of Y doping becomes 10%, the degradation rate of rhodamine B is above 90% after 40 min irradiation, which shows that doping the proper rare earth ions is conducive to the photocatalytic properties of Bi₂WO₆ crystallites.