@inproceedings{scholars10768,
           pages = {21703--21709},
       publisher = {Elsevier Ltd},
         journal = {Materials Today: Proceedings},
            year = {2018},
           title = {Exploring the role of electron-hole scavengers on optimizing the photocatalytic performance of BiVO4},
             doi = {10.1016/j.matpr.2018.07.022},
          volume = {5},
            note = {cited By 29; Conference of 3rd International Conference on Green Chemical Engineering and Technology: Materials Science, GCET 2017 ; Conference Date: 7 November 2017 Through 8 November 2017; Conference Code:140102},
          number = {10},
        keywords = {Aromatic compounds; Electrons; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Photocatalytic activity; Physicochemical properties; Scanning electron microscopy; Silver compounds; Solid state reactions; Vanadium compounds, Bismuth vanadates; Electron hole; Hole scavenger; Methylene Blue; Monoclinics; Performance; Photo degradation; Photocatalytic performance; Scavenger; Synthesised, Bismuth compounds},
             url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85055252453&doi=10.1016\%2fj.matpr.2018.07.022&partnerID=40&md5=c8019a70816dcc3fa0e7b2d435126998},
        abstract = {The development of an efficient photocatalyst as a pollution-free technologies has garnered a lot of attention. Herein, monoclinic Bismuth Vanadate (BiVO4) with optimized photodegradation performance was synthesized via solid-liquid state reaction. The performance of developed BiVO4 was examined via degradation of methylene blue. This paper emphasized the role of electron-hole scavengers, namely hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), silver nitrate (AgNO3) and methanol (CH3OH) on optimizing the photodegradation activities of BiVO4. The obtained result concluded that the role of electron-hole scavengers is strongly dependent on the surface area of crystal planes of as-prepared BiVO4, namely 010 and 110 planes. The addition of AgNO3 shows the highest photocatalytic degradation activity, yielding 100 degradation of methylene blue in 120 minutes under visible-light-irradiation. The physicochemical properties of BiVO4 were characterized using Field-Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM), X-Ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) and Brunauer-Emmet Teller (BET). {\^A}{\copyright} 2018 Elsevier Ltd.},
            issn = {22147853},
          author = {Fakhrul Ridhwan Samsudin, M. and Tau Siang, L. and Sufian, S. and Bashiri, R. and Muti Mohamed, N. and Mahirah Ramli, R.}
}