Enhanced photocatalytic properties in BiOBr nanosheets with dominantly exposed (102) facets

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 26, 2014, Pages 14662-14669

  Zhang, Haijun ^a,b   Yang, Yuxiao ^a   Zhou, Zhen ^a   Zhao, Yaping ^c   Liu, Lu ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTODEGRADATION; REDOX REACTIONS;

CONDUCTION-BAND MINIMUM; EFFICIENT ELECTRON INJECTION; PHOTO-INDUCED; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; PHOTODEGRADATION RATE; REDOX POTENTIALS; VALENCE-BAND MAXIMUMS;

PHOTOCATALYSIS;

EID: 84903793707     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5035079     Document Type: Article

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