Enhancement in photoelectrochemical efficiency by fabrication of BiVO 4@MWCNT nanocomposites

Journal of Nanotechnology

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Yan ^a   Yu, Jianqiang ^a   Wang, Hongwei ^a   Sun, Mengmeng ^b   Bu, Yuyu ^c   Yu, Deshuang ^a   Li, Weibing ^c  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOEFFICIENCY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; NANOCOMPOSITES;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84862954593     PISSN: 16879503     EISSN: 16879511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/702130     Document Type: Article

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