Enhancement in the photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical properties of visible-light driven BiVO 4 photocatalyst

Rare Metals

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL.1, 2011, Pages 192-198

  Zhang, Yan ^a   Yu, Jianqiang ^a   Yu, Deshuang ^a   Zhou, Xiaochen ^a   Lu, Wei ^a  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aurivillius structured materials; BiVO 4; Photocatalysis; Photoelectrochemistry

Indexed keywords

AURIVILLIUS; BIVO 4; CO-PRECIPITATION PROCESS; FIBER MATERIALS; NANO-SIZE; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURED MATERIALS; VISIBLE LIGHT;

CARBON FIBERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SURFACE PROPERTIES;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

EID: 84862961202     PISSN: 10010521     EISSN: 18677185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12598-011-0267-8     Document Type: Article

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