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Low cost and easily made bismuth tungstate (Bi2WO6) could be one of the key technologies to make chemicals and fuels from biomass, atmospheric carbon dioxide and water at low cost using solar radiation as an energy source. Its narrow band gap (2.8 eV) enables ideal visible light (lambda > 400 nm) absorption. Yet, it is the material's shape, namely the superstructure morphology wisely created via a nanochemistry approach, which leads to better electron-hole separation and much higher photoactivity. Recent results coupled to the versatile photochemistry of this readily available semiconductor suggest that the practical application of nanochemistry-derived Bi2WO6 nanostructures for the synthesis of value-added fine chemicals and fuel production is possible. We describe progress in this important field of chemical research from a nanochemistry viewpoint, and identify opportunities for further progress.
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CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS
ISSN: 0306-0012
Year: 2014
Issue: 15
Volume: 43
Page: 5276-5287
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ESI Discipline: CHEMISTRY;
ESI HC Threshold:268
JCR Journal Grade:1
CAS Journal Grade:1
Cited Count:
WoS CC Cited Count: 360
SCOPUS Cited Count: 372
ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 44 Unfold All
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30 Days PV: 4
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