Simple route to self-assembled BiOCl networks photocatalyst from nanosheet with exposed (001) facet

Flower-like BiOCl networks composed of intercrossed nanosheets have been synthesised by a simple thermal oxidation method. The nanosheets are highly crystallised and exhibit large percentage of exposed (001) facet. The as-prepared BiOCl networks show much higher activity than that of P25 TiO2 and electrospun BiOCl nanofibres, which is evaluated by degradation of rhodamine B (RB) dye under ultraviolet light irradiation.

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