Citrate/Urea/Solvent Mediated Self-Assembly of (BiO)2CO 3 hierarchical nanostructures and their associated photocatalytic performance

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 52, Issue 35, 2013, Pages 12604-12612

  Tang, Jiale ^a   Zhao, Huiping ^a   Li, Guangfang ^a   Lu, Zhong ^a   Xiao, Shengqiang ^b   Chen, Rong ^a  

^a WUHAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; HIERARCHICAL NANOSTRUCTURES; HYDROTHERMAL ROUTES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; ULTRATHIN NANOSHEETS; UV-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

METABOLISM; PHOTODEGRADATION; UREA;

NANOSHEETS;

EID: 84883710124     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie401840x     Document Type: Article

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