Serendipitous Assembly of Mixed Phase BiVO on B-Doped g-CN: An Appropriate p-n Heterojunction for Photocatalytic O evolution and Cr(VI) reduction.

Type II p-n heterojunction B-doped g-CN/BiVO moieties have been fabricated by depositing n-type BiVO on the surface of p-type 1 wt % B-doped g-CN for the first time. The materials were characterized by PXRD, XPS, UV-vis DRS, IR, PL, and Raman analysis. The photocatalytic activities of as synthesized samples were studied toward reduction of Cr(VI) and water splitting reaction to generate oxygen.

Surface-Plasmon-Resonance-Induced Photocatalysis by Core-Shell SiO@Ag NCs@AgPO toward Water-Splitting and Phenol Oxidation Reactions.

A series of core-shell-structured SiO@Ag NCs@AgPO photocatalysts with varying percentages of silver nanoclusters (Ag NCs) have been synthesized by using SiO as a core material. The crystal structure, morphology, chemical composition, and photophysical properties of as-synthesized materials have been thoroughly analyzed through powder X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, UV-vis diffuse-reflectance spectroscopy, and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy techniques. The introduction of Ag NCs has effectively reduced the photogenerated electron-hole recombination rate, as evidenced from PL and Nyquist plots.