Facile Electrospinning of CeO2/Bi2WO6 Heterostructured Nanofibers with Excellent Visible‐light‐driven Photocatalytic Performance |
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| Authors: | Xiaona Liu Prof Qifang Lu Dr Mingzhi Wei Dr Cuiqing Wang Prof Suwen Liu |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Material Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, P. R. China;2. Lunan Research Institute of Coal Chemistry, Jining, P. R. China |
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| Abstract: | One‐dimensional (1D) CeO2/Bi2WO6 heterostructured nanofibers with a diameter of about 300 nm were successfully synthesized by using a straightforward strategy combining an electrospinning technique with a sintering process. The acquired products were characterized by thermogravimetric and differential scanning calorimetric (TG‐DSC), Fourier transform infrared (FT‐IR) spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X‐ray diffraction (XRD), X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) surface area measurements, and UV/Vis spectroscopy. The obtained CeO2/Bi2WO6 heterostructured nanofibers exhibited an excellent photocatalytic property for the degradation of Rhodamine B (RhB) dye driven by visible light due to the promoted separation of photoelectrons and holes and the large contact area between the photocatalyst and organic pollutant. |
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| Keywords: | CeO2/Bi2WO6 heterostructured nanofibers electrospinning photocatalysts |
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