BiOCl nanostructures with different morphologies: Tunable synthesis and visible-light-driven photocatalytic properties

Chinese Chemical Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 133-136

  Hao, Hong Ying ^a   Xu, Yan Yan ^a   Liu, Ping ^a   Zhang, Guo Ying ^a  

^a TIANJIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BiOCl nanostructure; Crystal growth; Photocatalytic property; Semiconductors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920990503     PISSN: 10018417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2014.11.022     Document Type: Article

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