One-Step Synthesis of Immobilized BiOCl Film with Excellent Adsorption Capacity for Dyes
A facile one-step method was developed for the first time to fabricate BiOCl film on Cu substrate by simply dipping the Cu substrate in the mixed solution containing HCl, glycol, H2O2 and BiCl3. This method shows the advantages of a simple technique, uniform and controllable morphology, as well as easy mass production. The absorption capacity of BiOCl film was investigated by adsorption of Rhodamine B and Congo red (CR) and their maximum adsorption capacities were 1667[Formula: see text]mg[Formula: see text]g[Formula: see text] and 1429[Formula: see text]mg[Formula: see text]g[Formula: see text], respectively. The negative values of free energy and the positive values of enthalpy suggested that the adsorption were spontaneous and endothermic, respectively. Moreover, both adsorptions were matched with the pseudo-second-order equation. This film could be reused and the recycle rates for Rhodamine B and CR were still about 95% and 75% after five cycles, respectively. The adsorption mechanism revealed that hydrogen bond mainly accounted for the adsorption of dyes.