Band gap engineering in BiNbO 4 for visible-light photocatalysis

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 18, 2012, Pages

  Wang, B C ^a   Nisar, J ^b   Pathak, B ^b   Kang, T W ^c   Ahuja, R ^a,b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Dongguk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND GAP ENGINEERING; BAND GAP REDUCTION; CO-DOPED; CO-DOPING; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS;

BINDING ENERGY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT;

PHOTOCATALYSIS;

EID: 84862524607     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4709488     Document Type: Article

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