articleJournal of the American Chemical SocietyOct 11, 2013Closed access

Surface Structure-Dependent Molecular Oxygen Activation of BiOCl Single-Crystalline Nanosheets

Central China Normal University · University of Science and Technology of China · +2 more institutions

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Abstract

We demonstrate that BiOCl single-crystalline nanosheets possess surface structure-dependent molecular oxygen activation properties under UV light. The (001) surface of BiOCl prefers to reduce O2 to ·O2(-) through one-electron transfer, while the (010) surface favors the formation of O2(2-) via two-electron transfer, which is cogoverned by the surface atom exposure and the situ generated oxygen vacancy characteristics of the (001) and (010) surfaces under UV light irradiation.

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