Photocatalytic activity of Bi2O3 Nanocrystalline Semiconductor developed via Chemical-bath Synthesis

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 123, Issue , 2014, Pages 494-500

  Hajra, Paramita ^a   Shyamal, Sanjib ^a   Mandal, Harahari ^a   Fageria, Pragati ^b   Pande, Surojit ^b   Bhattacharya, Chinmoy ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Bismuth oxide semiconductor; chemical bath synthesis; Photocatalytic dye decomposition; Photoelectrochemistry; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH OXIDES; CHEMICAL BATH; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMISTRY; WATER SPLITTING;

CASTING; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SODIUM; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BISMUTH;

EID: 84893828697     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.01.069     Document Type: Article

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