Formation and catalytic performance of novel colourful BiOI photocatalysts with adjustable bandgap under visible light

Micro and Nano Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 702-706

  Yang, Jian ^a   Zhang, Feng Jun ^a   Xie, Fa Zhi ^a   Xie, Wen Jie ^a   Hu, Han Mei ^a   Zhu, Lei ^b   Oh, Won Chun ^b  

^a ANHUI JIANZHU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hanseo University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; CITRUS FRUITS; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT; PHASE STRUCTURE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACTIVE SPECIES; CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; DEGRADATION OF METHYL ORANGES; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; METHYL ORANGE DEGRADATION; NARROW BAND GAP; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY;

IODINE COMPOUNDS;

BISMUTH; METHYL ORANGE;

ARTICLE; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84908404506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17500443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/mnl.2014.0337     Document Type: Article

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