Synthesis of β-Bi2O3 nanoparticles via the oxidation of Bi nanoparticles: Size, shape and polymorph control, anisotropic thermal expansion, and visible-light photocatalytic activity

Ceramics International(2022)

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Abstract
Bismuth trioxide (Bi2O3) is known for its simple composition but rich polymorphism that allows a number of phase-dependent physicochemical properties and technical applications. We here report our controllable synthesis of highly discrete β-Bi2O3 (tetragonal) nanoparticles (NPs) via the thermal oxidation of nearly-monodisperse Bi NPs. The size and shape (spherical and tear- or rod-like) of β-Bi2O3 NPs are tunable by the size of parent Bi NPs whereas β and α (monoclinic) polymorphs can be selectively achieved by tailoring the oxidation temperature. The phase stability of β polymorph from room temperature to 450 °C enables us to perform an in situ high-temperature XRD study on the temperature dependence of its lattice parameters, which reveals a marked thermal expansion anisotropy in β-Bi2O3 with a linear thermal expansion coefficient of +35.1 × 10−6 °C−1 in the c axis, fifteen times higher than that in the a axis. Meanwhile, the narrow band gap (2.27 eV for β vs. 2.77 eV for α) and strong visible-light absorption endow β-Bi2O3 NPs with a good photocatalytic activity for the visible-light Rhodamine B dye degradation. We expect that our work could be a valuable reference for the studies on the size, shape and polymorph control, thermal property, and photocatalytic application of Bi2O3.
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Bismuth oxide,Polymorphs,Thermal expansion,Photocatalysis,Oxidation conversion
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