One-pot solvothermal preparation of S-doped BiOBr microspheres for efficient visible-light induced photocatalysis

MRS Communications

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 219-224

  Li, Xia ^a   Jiang, Guohua ^a   Wei, Zhen ^a   Wang, Xiaohong ^a   Chen, Wenxing ^a   Shen, Liang ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); MICROSPHERES; PHOTOCATALYSIS;

COMPOSITE MICROSPHERES; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; NARROW BAND GAP; PHOTO-ABSORPTION PROPERTY; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; SOLVOTHERMAL METHOD; SOLVOTHERMAL PREPARATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

PHOTODEGRADATION;

EID: 84890579847     PISSN: 21596859     EISSN: 21596867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/mrc.2013.34     Document Type: Article

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