Ethylene glycol-assisted synthesis, photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic properties of BiOI microflowers

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 59, Issue 27, 2014, Pages 3420-3426

  Lin, Haili ^a,b   Zhou, Chunchun ^a   Cao, Jing ^a   Chen, Shifu ^a  

^a HUAIBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

BiOI; Hydrolysis; Semiconductor; Surface photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905676898     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-014-0433-0     Document Type: Article

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