Hollow mesoporous SiO2-BiOBr nanophotocatalyst: Synthesis, characterization and application in photodegradation of organic dyes under visible-light irradiation

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1101-1110

  Li, Wei ^a   Jia, Xiangkun ^a   Li, Peitao ^a   Zhang, Baoliang ^a   Zhang, Hepeng ^a   Geng, Wangchang ^a   Zhang, Qiuyu ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electron hole pair; Hollow silica; Photocatalyst; Quantization; Rhodamine B

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; ENERGY GAP; ETCHING; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; PHOTODEGRADATION; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS; SILICA;

ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; HOLLOW MESOPOROUS SILICA; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOEXCITED ELECTRON-HOLE PAIRS; QUANTIZATION; RHODAMINE B; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

BORON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84930627053     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b00033     Document Type: Article

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