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N2  - 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.
N1  - 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
TI  - Exploring the role of electron-hole scavengers on optimizing the photocatalytic performance of BiVO4
SP  - 21703
ID  - scholars10768
KW  - Aromatic compounds; Electrons; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Photocatalytic activity; Physicochemical properties; Scanning electron microscopy; Silver compounds; Solid state reactions; Vanadium compounds
KW  -  Bismuth vanadates; Electron hole; Hole scavenger; Methylene Blue; Monoclinics; Performance; Photo degradation; Photocatalytic performance; Scavenger; Synthesised
KW  -  Bismuth compounds
Y1  - 2018///
PB  - Elsevier Ltd
SN  - 22147853
A1  - Fakhrul Ridhwan Samsudin, M.
A1  - Tau Siang, L.
A1  - Sufian, S.
A1  - Bashiri, R.
A1  - Muti Mohamed, N.
A1  - Mahirah Ramli, R.
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85055252453&doi=10.1016%2fj.matpr.2018.07.022&partnerID=40&md5=c8019a70816dcc3fa0e7b2d435126998
EP  - 21709
VL  - 5
ER  -