relation: https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/10768/
title: Exploring the role of electron-hole scavengers on optimizing the photocatalytic performance of BiVO4
creator: Fakhrul Ridhwan Samsudin, M.
creator: Tau Siang, L.
creator: Sufian, S.
creator: Bashiri, R.
creator: Muti Mohamed, N.
creator: Mahirah Ramli, R.
description: 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). © 2018 Elsevier Ltd.
publisher: Elsevier Ltd
date: 2018
type: Conference or Workshop Item
type: PeerReviewed
identifier:   Fakhrul Ridhwan Samsudin, M. and Tau Siang, L. and Sufian, S. and Bashiri, R. and Muti Mohamed, N. and Mahirah Ramli, R.  (2018) Exploring the role of electron-hole scavengers on optimizing the photocatalytic performance of BiVO4.  In: UNSPECIFIED.     
relation: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85055252453&doi=10.1016%2fj.matpr.2018.07.022&partnerID=40&md5=c8019a70816dcc3fa0e7b2d435126998
relation: 10.1016/j.matpr.2018.07.022
identifier: 10.1016/j.matpr.2018.07.022