Abstract:
Bi
2MoO
6/WO
3 composite photocatalysts with various Bi
2MoO
6 amounts were successfully synthesized by hydrothermal method. The microstructure, morphologies, optical absorption properties and spectral response of Bi
2MoO
6/WO
3 composites were measured and characterized by XRD, SEM, UV-Vis, EIS and PL. Moreover, the photocatalytic activities of the samples were further investigated. The results show that the photocatalytic activity of the 15%Bi
2MoO
6/WO
3 composite is obviously higher than that of the pure WO
3 and Bi
2MoO
6: the photocatalytic oxygen production efficiency of the Bi
2MoO
6/WO
3 is 2.3 times that of the pure WO
3. The oxygen production efficiency of composite catalyst obtained 107 μmol/(g·h) after introducing Fe(NO
3)
3·9H
2O assacrificial agent and exhibited good cycling stability. It is inferred that the Bi
2MoO
6 nanoparticle-WO
3 nanorod heterojunction structure improves the transport and transfer efficiency of photo-generated carriers, reduces the recombination probability of electron-hole pairs, which is helpful to enhance the photocatalytic activity.