Ag3PO4/Fe2O3 composite photocatalysts with an n-n heterojunction semiconductor structure under visible-light irradiation

Ceramics International

Volumn 40, Issue 7 PART A, 2014, Pages 9095-9100

  Yan, Yanhong ^a   Guan, Huaiyu ^a   Liu, Song ^a,b   Jiang, Rongying ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b The Key Laboratory of Fuel Cell Technology of Guangdong Province The Key Laboratory of New Energy Technology of Guangdong Universities   (China)

Author keywords

n n heterojunction; Photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; IRRADIATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS;

COMPOSITE PHOTOCATALYSTS; DESTRUCTION RATES; ELECTRON-HOLE SEPARATION; N-N HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS; SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

SILVER;

EID: 84900476981     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2014.01.123     Document Type: Article

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