One-Pot Polyvinyl Alcohol-Assisted Hydrothermal Synthesis of Hierarchical Flower-Like BiOCl Nanoplates with Enhancement of Photocatalytic Activity for Degradation of Rhodamine B

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 521-527

  Xie, Yunchao ^a   Chang, Fei ^a   Li, Chenlu ^a   Chen, Juan ^a   Luo, Jieru ^a   Li, Liang ^a   Hu, Xuefeng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Active species; Bismuth oxychloride; Dye; Photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; CATALYSIS; DEGRADATION; DYE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 84897105942     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201300014     Document Type: Article

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