Facile fabrication of heterostructured Bi2O3-ZnO photocatalyst and its enhanced photocatalytic activity

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 116, Issue 50, 2012, Pages 26306-26312

  Balachandran, Subramanian ^a   Swaminathan, Meenakshisundram ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID BLACK 1; COUPLED SEMICONDUCTOR; DECOMPOSITION METHODS; DEGUSSA P25; DYE EFFLUENTS; ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; ELECTRONS AND HOLES; FACILE FABRICATION; HEXAGONAL WURTZITE; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; MONOCLINIC LATTICES; NANOCHAINS; NEUTRAL PH; PHOTO-INDUCED; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC TREATMENT; PURE ZNO; RECOMBINATION RATE; UV ABSORPTION; X-RAY POWDER; ZNO;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; REUSABILITY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; ZINC SULFIDE;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84871537907     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp306874z     Document Type: Article

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