Photocatalytic H2 evolution from water-methanol system by anisotropic InFeO3(ZnO)m oxides without cocatalyst in visible light

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 12321-12327

  Narendranath, Soumya B ^a   Yadav, Ashok Kumar ^b   Bhattacharyya, Dibyendu ^b   Jha, Shambu Nath ^b   Devi, R Nandini ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

anisotropic structure; layered oxide; photocatalytic water splitting

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; IRON COMPOUNDS; METHANOL; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ANISOTROPIC STRUCTURE; LAYERED OXIDES; PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING; ZNO;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84906222063     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am501976z     Document Type: Article

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