Enhanced photocatalytic activity of BiOBr/ZnO heterojunction semiconductors prepared by facile hydrothermal method

International Journal of Photoenergy

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Meng, Xiangchao ^a   Jiang, Lingyun ^a   Wang, Weiwen ^b   Zhang, Zisheng ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYSTS; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ZINC SULFIDE;

CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; HEXAGONAL WURTZITE; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; MORPHOLOGY AND CRYSTAL STRUCTURES; PATTERN IMAGES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PURE ZNO; SEM IMAGE; SYNTHESISED; XRD PATTERNS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84930683626     PISSN: 1110662X     EISSN: 1687529X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/747024     Document Type: Article

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