Effect of BiMoO Morphology on Adsorption and Visible-Light-Driven Degradation of 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid.

The development of highly efficient and stable visible-light-driven photocatalysts for the removal of herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) from water is still a challenge. In this work, BiMoO (BMO) materials with different morphology were successfully prepared via a simple hydrothermal method by altering the solvent. The morphology of the BMO material is mainly influenced by the solvent used in the synthesis (HO, ethanol, and ethylene glycol or their mixtures) and to a lesser extent by subsequent thermal annealing.

Construction of amorphous SiO modified β-BiO porous hierarchical microspheres for photocatalytic antibiotics degradation.

This work describes the synthesis of porous hierarchical microspheres composed of amorphous SiO and crystalline β-BiO (BSO) via a simple solvothermal process and subsequent calcination. Complementary physicochemical methods were applied to study the function of amorphous SiO, as well as the phase composition and morphology evolution of as-synthesized samples as a function of calcination temperature. The presence of amorphous SiO contributed to form hierarchically structured β-BiO with enhanced thermostability.

Construction of Hierarchical MoSe Hollow Structures and Its Effect on Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion.

Metal selenides have attracted increased attention as promising electrode materials for electrochemical energy storage and conversion systems including metal-ion batteries and water splitting. However, their practical application is greatly hindered by collapse of the microstructure, thus leading to performance fading. Tuning the structure at nanoscale of these materials is an effective strategy to address the issue.

Generalized Synthesis of Ternary Sulfide Hollow Structures with Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance for Degradation and Hydrogen Evolution.

A series of ternary sulfide hollow structures have been successfully prepared by a facile glutathione (GSH)-assisted one-step hydrothermal route, where GSH acts as the source of sulfur and bubble template. We demonstrate the feasibility and versatility of this in situ gas-bubble template strategy by the fabrication of novel hollow structures of MInS (M = Cd, Zn, Ca, Mg, and Mn). Interestingly, with the reaction time varying, the hierarchical CdInS microspheres with controlled internal structures can be regulated from yolk-shell, smaller yolk-shell (yolk-shell with shrunk yolk), hollow, to solid.