Enhanced visible light absorption in a photocatalytic thin film from a decoupled photonic crystal

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2575-2580

  Li, Qi ^a   Liang, Wei ^a,b   Shang, Jian Ku ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE; DIELECTRIC MIRRORS; FABRICATION PROCESSES; ILLUMINATION CONDITIONS; LIGHT-HARVESTING; OPTICAL ENHANCEMENTS; OPTICAL-; PHOTO ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC FILMS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTIES; PHOTONIC BAND GAPS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL LAYER; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTOCATALYST; SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION; VISIBLE-LIGHT;

ABSORPTION; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL DESIGN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTONIC BAND GAP; PHOTONICS; POWDERS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; THICK FILMS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 49549114011     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2008.02473.x     Document Type: Article

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