Surface modification of m-BiVO 4 with wide band-gap semiconductor BiOCl to largely improve the visible light induced photocatalytic activity

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 284, Issue , 2013, Pages 263-269

  Cao, Jing ^a,b   Zhou, Chunchun ^a   Lin, Haili ^a   Xu, Benyan ^a   Chen, Shifu ^a  

^a HUAIBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Heterojunction; Photocatalysis; Semiconductor

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CITRUS FRUITS; DYES; ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SURFACE TREATMENT; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DEGRADATION OF METHYL ORANGES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTRUM (EDS); FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTRA; PHOTO-CARRIERS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; UV-VIS DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; VISIBLE LIGHT INDUCED;

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84883872723     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.07.092     Document Type: Article

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