Emergent synthesis of bismuth subcarbonate nanomaterials with various morphologies towards photocatalytic activities - An overview

Materials Science Forum

Volumn 764, Issue , 2013, Pages 169-193

  Selvamani, Thangavel ^a   Asiri, Abdullah M ^b   Al Youbi, Abdulrahman O ^b   Anandan, Sambandam ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Architectures; Bismuth subcarbonate; Mechanisms; Morphologies; Photocatalytic activities; Template free method

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; MECHANISMS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSHEETS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CATALYTIC MECHANISMS; EMERGENT SYNTHESIS; HOLLOW MICROSPHERE; MANUFACTURING STRATEGY; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; POLLUTION PREVENTION; SPECTROSCOPIC AND MICROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES; TEMPLATE FREE METHOD;

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84882951543     PISSN: 02555476     EISSN: 16629752     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.764.169     Document Type: Article

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