Enhanced photocatalytic activity in electrospun bismuth vanadate nanofibers with phase junction

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 9638-9644

  Cheng, Jing ^a   Feng, Jing ^b   Pan, Wei ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BiVO4< inf>; electrospinning; first principle calculation; phase junction; photon absorption

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSPINNING; HEAT TREATMENT; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTONS; SPINNING (FIBERS);

BISMUTH VANADATES; FIRST PRINCIPLE CALCULATIONS; PHASE JUNCTION; PHOTOCATALYST ACTIVITY; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; PHOTON TRANSITION; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

NANOFIBERS;

EID: 84929170188     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b01305     Document Type: Article

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