A novel calcined Bi2WO6/BiVO4 heterojunction photocatalyst with highly enhanced photocatalytic activity

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 236, Issue , 2014, Pages 430-437

  Ju, Peng ^a,b   Wang, Ping ^c   Li, Bin ^c   Fan, Hai ^c   Ai, Shiyun ^c   Zhang, Dun ^a   Wang, Yi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bi2WO6; BiVO4; Heterojunction; Photocatalysis; Visible light

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION PERFORMANCE; BIVO4; COMPOSITE PHOTOCATALYSTS; DEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; VISIBLE LIGHT;

CALCINATION; DEGRADATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; REUSABILITY; WATER SUPPLY;

PHOTOCATALYSTS;

EID: 84886430089     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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