Review Article

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

Table 2

Bi-based photocatalysis on selected references.

Nanostructure typePhotocatalytic reactionSpectral regionReference

Bi nanospheresRhB degradation (liquid)Visible (380–830 nm)[54]
Bi nanoparticlesNO degradation (liquid)UV (280 nm)[25]
Surface oxidized Bi nanospheres on TiO2 nanotube array[98]
Bi@Bi2O3 core-shell nanospheresNO degradationVisible (Xe lamp)[99]
Bi filmsNO degradation (air)Visible (Xe lamp, 420 nm filter)[101]
Bi2O3 nanospheres decorated with Bi nanoparticlesNO degradation (air)Visible (halogen lamp, 420 nm filter)[102]
ZnWO4 nanospheres decorated with Bi nanoparticlesNO degradation (air)Visible (halogen lamp, 420 nm filter)[103]
Bi nanospheres on g-C3N4 nanosheetsNO degradation (air)Visible[105]
Bi nanoparticle-modified TiO2 nanofibersMO degradation (liquid)UV (Xe lamp, 365 nm bandpass filter)[106]
Bi nanoparticles w/graphene sheetsMO degradation (liquid)Solar light[116]
(BiO)2CO3 microstructures decorated with Bi nanoparticlesNO degradation (air)Visible (halogen lamp, 420 nm filter)[119]
N-doped (BiO)2CO3 microstructures decorated with Bi nanoparticlesNO degradation (air)Visible (halogen lamp, 420 nm filter)[120]
(BiO)2CO3 microstructures decorated with Bi nanoparticlesNO degradation (air)Visible (halogen lamp, 420 nm filter)[121]
(BiO)2CO3 microstructures decorated with Bi nanoparticlesNO degradation (air)Visible (halogen lamp, 420 nm filter)[122]
Bi nanoparticles on TiO2 nanoparticlesRhB, phenol (liquid)Visible (halogen lamp, 450 nm filter) and solar light[123]
Bi nanoparticles on TiO2 nanoparticlesBromate (liquid)Visible (Xe lamp, 400 nm filter)[124]
(BiO)2CO3 platelets decorated with Bi nanoparticlesMB (liquid)Visible (Hg lamp, 400 nm filter)[125]