najoNanosystems: Physics, Chemistry, MathematicsНаносистемы: физика, химия, математика2220-80542305-7971Университет ИТМО10.17586/2220-8054-2022-13-1-87-95najo-220Research ArticleСтатьиPhotocatalytic properties of composites based on Y1-xBixFeO3 (0≤x≤0.15) nanocrystalline solid solutions with a hexagonal structureSokolovaA. N.sok5552@mail.ruProskurinaO. V.proskurinaov@mail.ruDanilovichD. P.dmitrydanilovich@gmail.comGusarovV. V.victor.v.gusarov@gmail.comSt. Petersburg State Institute of Technology; Ioffe InstituteRussian FederationSt. Petersburg State Institute of TechnologyRussian FederationIoffe InstituteRussian Federation2022060620251318795Copyright © Sokolova A.N., Proskurina O.V., Danilovich D.P., Gusarov V.V., 20252025Sokolova A.N., Proskurina O.V., Danilovich D.P., Gusarov V.V.Sokolova A.N., Proskurina O.V., Danilovich D.P., Gusarov V.V.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://nanojournal.ifmo.ru/jour/article/view/220

Nanopowders of Y(1-x)Bi(x)FeO3 ( x = 0, 0.05, 0.10, 0.15) solid solutions were obtained by coprecipitation of hydroxides with simultaneous sonication and subsequent thermal treatment of the precipitate in air at 800 ◦C for 1 min. in the annealing-quenching mode. The results of X-ray phase analysis showed the formation of nanocrystalline solid solutions with a structure of hexagonal yttrium orthoferrite. The average crystallite size increases from 4 to 10 nm with the increasing bismuth content in the solid solution. The influence - of Y3+ substitution for Bi3+ in yttrium orthoferrite on the photocatalytic activity of Y1 x Bi x FeO3 nanopowders during the Fenton-like degradation of methyl violet under the visible light irradiation has been studied. The maximum reaction rate constant of 0.0197 min - 1 was shown by the YFeO3 nanopowder, which has the smallest crystallite size of ∼4 nm.

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