Barium phosphate (Ba-3(PO4)(2)) is a class of material that has attracted significant attention thanks to its chemical stability and versatility. However, the use of Ba-3(PO4)(2) as a\u00a0photocatalyst\u00a0is scarcely reported, and its use as a\u00a0photocatalyst\u00a0has yet to be reported. Herein, Ba-3(PO4)(2) nanoflakes synthesis is optimized using sol-gel and hydrothermal methods. The as-prepared Ba-3(PO4)(2) powders are investigated using physicochemical characterizations, including XRD, SEM, EDX, FTIR, DRS, J-t, LSV, Mott-Schottky, and EIS. In addition, DFT calculations are performed to investigate the band structure. The oxidation capability of the photocatalysts is investigated depending on the synthesis method using rhodamine B (RhB) as a pollutant model. Both Ba-3(PO4)(2) samples prepared by the sol-gel and hydrothermal methods display high RhB photodegradation of 79% and 68%, respectively. The Ba-3(PO4)(2) obtained using the sol-gel process exhibits much higher stability under light excitation after four regeneration cycles. The\u00a0photocatalytic\u00a0oxidation mechanism is proposed based on the active species trapping experiments where O-2(center dot-) is the most reactive species. The finding shows the promising potential of Ba-3(PO4)(2) photocatalysts and opens the door\u00a0for\u00a0further investigation and\u00a0application\u00a0in various\u00a0photocatalytic\u00a0applications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Barium phosphate (Ba-3(PO4)(2)) is a class of material that has attracted significant attention thanks to its chemical stability and versatility. However, the use of Ba-3(PO4)(2) as a\u00a0photocatalyst\u00a0is scarcely reported, and its use as a\u00a0photocatalyst\u00a0has yet to be reported. Herein, Ba-3(PO4)(2) nanoflakes synthesis is optimized using sol-gel and hydrothermal methods. The as-prepared Ba-3(PO4)(2) powders are investigated…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","autores":[],"grupos_de_investigacion":[135],"revistas":[2136],"anos":[882],"class_list":["post-24276","articulos_sci","type-articulos_sci","status-publish","hentry","grupos_de_investigacion-fotocatalisis-heterogenea-aplicaciones","revistas-global-challenges","anos-882","description-off"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icmsva.vallealto.es\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/articulos_sci\/24276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icmsva.vallealto.es\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/articulos_sci"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icmsva.vallealto.es\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/articulos_sci"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/icmsva.vallealto.es\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/articulos_sci\/24276\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icmsva.vallealto.es\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"autores","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icmsva.vallealto.es\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fautores&post=24276"},{"taxonomy":"grupos_de_investigacion","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icmsva.vallealto.es\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fgrupos_de_investigacion&post=24276"},{"taxonomy":"revistas","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icmsva.vallealto.es\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Frevistas&post=24276"},{"taxonomy":"anos","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icmsva.vallealto.es\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fanos&post=24276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}