TY - JOUR T1 - Photocatalytic Activity of Hierarchically Nanoporous BiVO4/TiO2 Hollow Microspheres AU - Yang Zhou, Guohua Jiang, Rijing Wang, Xiaohong Wang , Ruanbing Hu & Xiaoguang Xi JO - Journal of Fiber Bioengineering and Informatics VL - 2 SP - 181 EP - 190 PY - 2012 DA - 2012/05 SN - 5 DO - http://doi.org/10.3993/jfbi06201207 UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/jfbi/4873.html KW - Semiconductors KW - Photocatalytic Property KW - Hierarchically Structure KW - Hollow Microspheres AB - The hollow microspheres containing monoclinic scheelite BiVO_4 and anatase TiO_2 nanocrystals were easily prepared through a simple one-step template-free method. Bi(NO_3)_3 • 5H_2O and NH_4VO_3 were used as BiVO_4 precursor and (NH_4)_2TiF_6 as TiO_2 precursor to produce the target products in the presence of glucose under the high temperature pyrolysis. The products were characterized with SEM, XRD, TEM and UV-vis DRS. The as-prepared hollow microspheres showed high photocatalytic activity, which was demonstrated by degradation of acetic acid solution under visible-light irradiation (λ › 420 nm).