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Bismuth zinc vanadate, BiZn2VO6: New crystal structure type and electronic structure

Nunes, Sayonara Eliziario; Wang, Chun-Hai; So, Karwei; Evans, John S.O.; Evans, Ivana Radosavljević

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Sayonara Eliziario Nunes

Chun-Hai Wang

Karwei So

Ivana Radosavljević Evans



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Abstract

We report a combined experimental and computational study of the crystal structure and electronic properties of bismuth zinc vanadate, BiZn2VO6, known for its visible light photocatalytic activity. The crystal structure has been solved from laboratory powder X-ray diffraction data using the repeated minimisations from random starting values method. BiZn2VO6 adopts a new structure type, based on the following building blocks: corner- and edge-sharing ZnO4 tetrahedra, ZnO6 octahedra and VO4 tetrahedra, and Bi2O12 dimers. It is the only known member of the BiM2AO6 (M=Pb, Ca, Cd, Mn, Zn, Mg, Cu; A=V, P, As) family which does not appear to be structurally closely related to others. The electronic structure of BiZn2VO6, calculated by DFT methods, shows that it is an indirect gap semiconductor with a calculated band gap of 1.6 eV, which compares favourably to the experimentally measured value of 2.4 eV.

Citation

Nunes, S. E., Wang, C., So, K., Evans, J. S., & Evans, I. R. (2015). Bismuth zinc vanadate, BiZn2VO6: New crystal structure type and electronic structure. Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 222, 12-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2014.10.036

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 28, 2014
Publication Date Feb 1, 2015
Deposit Date Oct 7, 2015
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Journal of Solid State Chemistry
Print ISSN 0022-4596
Electronic ISSN 1095-726X
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 222
Pages 12-17
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2014.10.036
Keywords Functional oxides, Photocatalysts, Powder X-raydiffraction.

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