K8Ce2I18O53: a novel potassium cerium(iv) iodate with enhanced visible light driven photocatalytic activity resulting from polar zero dimensional [Ce(IO3)8]4- units.

Ruofei WuXingxing JiangMingjun XiaLijuan LiuXiaoyang WangZheshuai LinChuangtian Chen

Published in: Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) (2018)

Hydrothermally grown iodate, K8Ce2I18O53, featuring polar 0D [Ce(IO3)8]4- units, has shown the highest visible light driven (VLD) photocatalytic activity in metal iodates reported before. The enhanced VLD photocatalytic property results from a synergistic effect between the narrow band gap and polar 0D [Ce(IO3)8]4- units, as confirmed using first principles calculations.

Keyphrases

visible light
energy transfer
ionic liquid
molecular dynamics
density functional theory
monte carlo
transition metal