Enhancing Visible Light Photocatalytic Degradation of Bisphenol A Using BiOI/Bi₂MoO₆ Heterostructures.

ABSTRACT: With the growing population, access to clean water is one of the 21st-century world's challenges. For this reason, different strategies to reduce pollutants in water using renewable energy sources should be exploited. Photocatalysts with extended visible light harvesting are an interesting route to degrade harmful molecules utilized in plastics, as is the case of Bisphenol A (BPA). This work uses a microwave-assisted route for the synthesis of two photocatalysts (BiOI and Bi₂MoO₆). Then, BiOI/Bi₂MoO₆ heterostructures of varied ratios were produced using the same synthetic routes. The BiOI/Bi₂MoO₆ with a flower-like shape exhibited high photocatalytic activity for BPA degradation compared to the individual BiOI and Bi_2</

SUBMITTER: Nunez MYN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10179956 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature