One-pot template-free hydrothermal synthesis of monoclinic BiVO4 hollow microspheres and their enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity

International Journal of Photoenergy

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Cheng, Bei ^a   Wang, Wenguang ^a   Shi, Lei ^a   Zhang, Jun ^a   Ran, Jingrun ^a   Yu, Huogen ^b  

^a Wuhan University of Technology   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; EMULSIFICATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAS ADSORPTION; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; LIGHT; MICROSPHERES; PHASE STRUCTURE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPHERES; UREA; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

HIGHER YIELD; HOLLOW MICROSPHERE; HOLLOW SPHERE; HYDROTHERMAL ROUTES; MONOCLINIC PHASE; MONOCLINICS; ONE-POT TEMPLATE; TEMPLATE-FREE; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; X- RAY DIFFRACTIONS;

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84863239956     PISSN: 1110662X     EISSN: 1687529X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/797968     Document Type: Article

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