Enhanced photocatalytic activity and upconversion luminescence of flowerlike hierarchical Bi 2MoO 6 microspheres by Er 3+ doping

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1471-1475

  Fan, Naiying ^a   Chen, Yajie ^a   Feng, Qingmao ^a   Wang, Cheng ^a   Pan, Kai ^a   Zhou, Wei ^a   Li, Ying ^a   Hou, Haige ^a   Wang, Guofeng ^a  

^a HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Lanthanide; Luminescence; Nanostructure

Indexed keywords

BET SURFACE AREA; CRYSTALLINE SIZE; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; RHODAMINE B; SIMULATED SOLAR LIGHT; UP-CONVERSION; UP-CONVERSION LUMINESCENCE;

ADSORPTION; DEGRADATION; DYES; LUMINESCENCE; MICROSPHERES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

ERBIUM;

EID: 84861119859     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2012.89     Document Type: Article

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