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DALTON TRANSACTIONS
Volume 43, Issue 1, Pages 311-316Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c3dt51923f
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- Ministry of Education, Science and Technology of Korea [2010-00339]
- CSIC
- [ENE2011-24412]
- [P09-FQM-4570]
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Er-doped BiVO4 are synthesized by means of a surfactant free microwave assisted hydrothermal method having good photoactivities under sun-like excitation for the degradation of methylene blue. From the structural and morphological characterization, it has been stated that the presence of Er3+ induces a slight stabilization of the tetragonal phase, probably due to its incorporation in the BiVO4 lattice. The best photocatalytic performances were attained for the samples with Er3+ content higher than 3 at%. The occurrence of the Er3+ doped tetragonal BiVO4 clearly induces higher photocatalytic activities. The existence of a luminescence process has been related with the enhanced photoactivity observed.
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