Band alignment and enhanced photocatalytic activation for α-Bi2O3/BiOCl (0 0 1) core-shell heterojunction

Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical

Volumn 406, Issue , 2015, Pages 145-151

  Shan, Lian Wei ^a   Wang, Gui Lin ^a   Liu, Li Zhu ^a   Wu, Ze ^a  

^a HARBIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Band alignment; BiOCl; Core shell heterojunction; Bi2O3

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONDUCTION BANDS; ELECTRON AFFINITY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); VALENCE BANDS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BAND ALIGNMENTS; BAND POTENTIAL; BIOCL; CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATION METHODS; CORE-SHELL HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; VALENCE BAND POTENTIAL; VALENCE-BAND HOLES;

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84930965635     PISSN: 13811169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcata.2015.05.024     Document Type: Article

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