Effective visible-excited charge separation in silicate-bridged ZnO/BiVO4 nanocomposite and its contribution to enhanced photocatalytic activity

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 18550-18557

  Fu, Xuedong ^a   Xie, Mingzheng ^a   Luan, Peng ^a   Jing, Liqiang ^a  

^a HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

photogenerated charge separation; silicate bridge; visible photocatalysis; water oxidation; ZnO BiVO4 nanocomposite

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; CHARGE TRANSFER; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MOLAR RATIO; NANOCOMPOSITES; OXIDE MINERALS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; SEPARATION; SILICATES; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ZINC OXIDE;

PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE; POLLUTANT DEGRADATION; SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTOCATALYST; STEADY-STATE SURFACES; SURFACE PHOTOVOLTAGES; ULTRA LOW TEMPERATURES; VISIBLE-PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; WATER OXIDATION;

VANADIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84910110622     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am505651d     Document Type: Article

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