Charge separation between polar {111} surfaces of CoO octahedrons and their enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 6109-6117

  Liu, Bin ^a   Ma, Lan ^a   Ning, Li Chao ^a   Zhang, Cong Jie ^a   Han, Guo Ping ^a   Pei, Cui Jin ^a   Zhao, Hua ^a   Liu, Sheng Zhong ^a   Yang, He Qing ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

charge separation; CoO octahedrons; photocatalytic activity; polar 111 surfaces; visible light

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COBALT COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHT; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SEPARATION; SILVER COMPOUNDS;

CHARGE SEPARATIONS; COO OCTAHEDRONS; HIGH PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; SPONTANEOUS POLARIZATIONS; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

EID: 84925705139     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am508357x     Document Type: Article

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