Visible-light-responsive TiO2-coated ZnO:I nanorod array films with enhanced photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic performance

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 6093-6101

  Wang, Yuan ^a   Zheng, Yan Zhen ^a   Lu, Siqi ^a   Tao, Xia ^a   Che, Yanke ^b   Chen, Jian Feng ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

photocatalyst; photoelectrochemical performance; TiO2 coated ZnO:I nanorod; visible light response

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CHEMICAL STABILITY; DEGRADATION; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANORODS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; PHOTODEGRADATION; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

COMPOSITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC MATERIALS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; VISIBLE LIGHT RESPONSIVE; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT RESPONSE;

BORON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84925705102     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b00980     Document Type: Article

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