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BiVO4 with a 2.3 eV band gap showed an activity for O2 evolution from aqueous solutions containing Ag+ as an electron scavenger under visible light irradiation (λ > 520 nm). The quantum yield was 0.5% at 450 nm.
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Kudo, A., Ueda, K., Kato, H. et al. Photocatalytic O2 evolution under visible light irradiation on BiVO4 in aqueous AgNO3 solution. Catalysis Letters 53, 229–230 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019034728816
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019034728816