Highly efficient photocatalysis by BiFeO3/α(γ)- Fe2O3 ferromagnetic nano p/n junctions formed by dopant-induced phase separation

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Ramadan, Wegdan ^a   Shaikh, Parvez A ^b,c   Ebrahim, Sh ^d   Ramadan, Abdallah ^a   Hannoyer, Beatrice ^e   Jouen, Samuel ^e   Sauvage, Xavier ^e   Ogale, Satishchandra ^b,c  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^c NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^d ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Multiferroics; Nano p n junction; Photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH METALLOGRAPHY; FERRITE; FERROMAGNETISM; HEMATITE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MOLYBDENUM METALLOGRAPHY; MULTIFERROICS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PHASE SEPARATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL-GELS; STRAIN ENERGY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

DOPANT CONCENTRATIONS; ELEMENTAL DISTRIBUTION; NANO P/N JUNCTION; NANOPARTICLE MORPHOLOGY; OXYGEN VACANCY CONCENTRATION; PHASE CONFIGURATIONS; SOL-GEL REACTION; SSBAUER SPECTROSCOPIES;

CALCIUM;

BISMUTH; CALCIUM; FERRITE; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NANOPARTICLE; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENERGY; MAGNET; MAGNETISM; PHASE SEPARATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84880593714     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-1848-2     Document Type: Article

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