Thin Coatings of α- and β-Bi2O3 by Ultrasonic Spray Coating of a Molecular Bismuth Oxido Cluster and their Application for Photocatalytic Water Purification Under Visible Light

Max Hofmann; Leonard Rößner; Marc Armbrüster; Michael Mehring

doi:10.1002/open.202000037

Thin Coatings of α- and β-Bi₂O₃ by Ultrasonic Spray Coating of a Molecular Bismuth Oxido Cluster and their Application for Photocatalytic Water Purification Under Visible Light

ChemistryOpen. 2020 Mar 2;9(3):271. doi: 10.1002/open.202000037. eCollection 2020 Mar.

Authors

Max Hofmann^{1

2}, Leonard Rößner³, Marc Armbrüster³, Michael Mehring^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Fakultät für Naturwissenschaften, Institut für Chemie, Professur Koordinationschemie Technische Universität Chemnitz Straße der Nationen 62 09107 Chemnitz Germany.
² Center for Materials, Architectures and Integration of Nanomembranes (MAIN) Rosenbergstraße 6 09126 Chemnitz Germany.
³ Fakultät für Naturwissenschaften, Institut für Chemie, Professur Materialien für innovative Energiekonzepte Technische Universität Chemnitz Straße der Nationen 62 09107 Chemnitz Germany.

Abstract

Invited this month's cover picture are the groups of Professor Michael Mehring and Professor Marc Armbrüster at Chemnitz University of Technology. The cover pictures shows a graffiti displaying a distinctive part of the city center of the town. The artwork is oversprayed with the letters "TUC" (Technische Universität Chemnitz) using an bismuth oxido cluster from solution to obtain a yellow semiconductor coating of bismuth oxide, used to degrade the medicinal drug ethinyl estradiol under visible light irradiation. Read the full text of their Full Paper at https://doi.org/10.1002/open.201900323.