Enhanced photocatalytic activities on Bi2O2CO3/ZnWO4 nanocomposites

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 641-648

  Tian, Na ^a   Huang, Hongwei ^a   Zhang, Yihe ^a   He, Ying ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Bi2O2CO3 ZnWO4 composite; methylene blue (MB); photocatalyst; photoinduced charge transfer

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CALCINATION; CHARGE TRANSFER; COMPLEXATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

COMPOSITE PHOTOCATALYSTS; METHYLENE BLUE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; PHOTOINDUCED CHARGE TRANSFER; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; UV-VIS DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTRA;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84907808129     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2014.29     Document Type: Article

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