In this work, studies of morphological and structural characteristics of BiOCl/AgX heterostructures (X = Cl, I) synthesized using ion-exchange reactions have been conducted. It was found that silver chloride (AgCl) crystals precipitating on the surface of bismuth oxychloride crystals show orientation ordering with the (001)BiOCl||(100)AgCl crystallographic relationship. Using two synthesis rout...

In the present work, bismuth oxychloride nanoparticles-a light harvesting semiconductor photocatalyst-were synthesized by a facile hydrolysis route, with sodium bismuthate and hydroxylammonium chloride as the precursor materials. The as-synthesized semiconductor photocatalysts were characterized using X-ray diffraction analysis, Fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, Fiel...

biocl microflowers were synthesized using bismuth nitrate pentahydrate and sodium chloride by microwave (mw) assisted synthesis method for 23 minutes at 180 w. scanning electron microscopy (sem) studies revealed a unique morphology of flower-like assemblies comprised of nanosheets. the x-ray diffraction (xrd) pattern showed that a highly pure and crystalline phase has been obtained. the energy ...

Chemistry of Materials is published by the American Chemical Society. 1155 Sixteenth Street N.W., Washington, DC 20036 Article Shape Evolution of Layer-Structured Bismuth Oxychloride Nanostructures via Low-Temperature Chemical Vapor Transport Hailin Peng, Candace K. Chan, Stefan Meister, Xiao Feng Zhang, and Yi Cui Chem. Mater., 2009, 21 (2), 247-252• DOI: 10.1021/cm802041g • Publication Date (...

First-principle calculations have been carried out to investigate structural stabilities, electronic structures and optical properties of tungsten doped bismuth oxychloride (BiOCl). The structures of substitutional and interstitial tungsten, and in the form of WO6-ligand-doped BiOCl are examined. The substitutional and interstitial tungsten doping leads to discrete midgap states within the forb...

Bismuth oxychloride (BiOCl) nanowire arrays have been successfully prepared employing the Anodic Aluminum Oxide (AAO) template assisted sol-gel method. Nanowires of 100 nm diameter and length 26 μm, assembled in the porous of AAO templates, were formed. XRD and HRTEM results show that the nanowires are pure BiOCl polycrystal phase without Bi2O3 or BiCl3. The photocatalytic activity of BiOCl nan...

This project studies the synthesis process of 2-D nanostructure of Bismuth oxycholride(BiOCl). The experiment involves synthesis of BiOCl particles and its exfoliation steps. BiOCl will be synthesized from Bismuth Nitrate (Bi(NO3)3) or Bismuth Cholride(BiCl3) with water, and Hydrochloric acid(HCl). Synthesized particles will be dispersed in Methyl Amine-Methanol solution and subjected to sonica...

A new layered bismuth tellurium oxychloride, Bi(3)Te(4)O(10)Cl(5) has been synthesized by a solid-state reaction under vacuum using Bi(2)O(3), TeO(2), and TeCl(4) as reagents. The structure of Bi(3)Te(4)O(10)Cl(5) has been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Bi(3)Te(4)O(10)Cl(5) contains two different lone pair cations, Bi(3+) and Te(4+) that are in asymmetric coordination environme...

This project studies the synthesis process of 2-D nanostructure of inorganic materials. This project studies the ZnO thin layer deposition on a commercial grade paper using Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) technique and its effectiveness of reducing water permeability. The experiment utilizes a commercial grade blue ink for the testing of the permeability. The purpose of the experiment is to succe...