Microstructure and Electronic Properties of Medium-Entropy (Ba 1/3 Sr 1/3 Ca 1/3 )Bi 2 Nb 2 O 9 Ceramic Powder with Enhanced Piezocatalytic Performance
Demonstrates enhanced piezocatalytic performance in medium-entropy BSCBN ceramics, suggesting a new approach for energy and environmental solutions.
Key Points
The research aims to investigate the microstructure and electronic properties of medium-entropy BSCBN ceramic powder and its piezocatalytic efficiency.
Prepared BSCBN powder using molten salt solid-state synthesis method.
Compared microstructure and electronic properties with pure CBN.
Analyzed piezocatalytic performance focusing on RhB degradation and hydrogen production.
BSCBN shows enhanced RhB degradation with a rate constant of 0.025 min^-1, five times higher than CBN.
Piezocatalytic hydrogen production activity of BSCBN is 2.3 times greater than that of CBN.
Lattice distortions improve electron delocalization and polarization response, enhancing catalytic performance.