Surface photovoltage property of magnesium ferrite/hematite heterostructured hollow nanospheres prepared with one-pot strategy

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 403, Issue , 2012, Pages 35-40

  Shen, Yu ^a,b   Zhao, Qidong ^a   Li, Xinyong ^a,c   Hou, Yang ^a   Chen, Guohua ^c  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b DALIAN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hollow nanosphere; Magnesium ferrite hematite; Solvothermal synthesis; Surface photovoltage property

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY GAP; FERRITE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HEMATITE; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; NANOSPHERES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

HOLLOW NANOSPHERES; MAGNESIUM FERRITE/HEMATITE; SOLVOTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; SURFACE PHOTOVOLTAGE PROPERTIES; SURFACE PHOTOVOLTAGE SPECTROSCOPY; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTRA; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; VISIBLE SPECTRAL REGIONS;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MACROGOL; MAGNESIUM FERRITE HEMATITE HETEROSTRUCTURED HOLLOW NANOSPHERE; NANOSPHERE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOFABRICATION; ONE POT SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PHOTOVOLTAGE SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VIS ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84860914741     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2012.03.052     Document Type: Article

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