Nanobismuth: Fabrication, Optical, and Plasmonic Properties—Emerging Applications

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(a) Example of the photocatalytic effect of Bi nanospheres on the degradation rate of MO (reprinted from [54] © 2013, American Chemical Society). (b) Proposed mechanism for direct photocatalysis by a Bi nanosphere (reprinted with permission from [99] © 2017, American Chemical Society). (c) Proposed mechanism for the cocatalytic degradation of NO where Bi nanostructures act as an electron donor (reprinted with permission from [121] © 2014, American Chemical Society, under ACS AuthorChoice license). (d) Proposed mechanism for the cocatalytic degradation of NO where Bi nanostructures act as an electron acceptor (reprinted with permission from [105] © 2015, American Society of America).

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