Visible light photocatalytic activity of nitrogen-doped La2Ti2O7 nanosheets originating from band gap narrowing

Nano Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 213-221

  Meng, Fanke ^a   Hong, Zhanglian ^b   Arndt, James ^c   Li, Ming ^a   Zhi, Mingjia ^a   Yang, Feng ^a   Wu, Nianqiang ^a  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

hydrothermal processing; nanomaterial; nanosheet; Photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862796567     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-012-0201-x     Document Type: Article

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