A simple preparation method of visible-Light-Driven BiVO4 photocatalysts from oxide starting materials (Bi2O3 and V2O5) and their photocatalytic activities

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 0211061-0211065

  Iwase, Akihide ^a   Kato, Hideki ^a   Kudo, Akihiko ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS NITRIC ACID; CONCENTRATION OF; METHYLENE BLUE; MOLAR RATIO; O2 EVOLUTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PREPARATION METHOD; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCHEELITE STRUCTURE; STARTING MATERIALS; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT-DRIVEN; ZIRCON STRUCTURE;

ACIDS; NITRIC ACID; SILICATE MINERALS; TUNGSTATE MINERALS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 77955185421     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4001172     Document Type: Article

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