Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity of Ultrathin Ba5Nb4O15 Two-Dimensional Nanosheets

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 39, 2015, Pages 21860-21867

  Park, Sangbaek ^a   Song, Hee Jo ^a   Lee, Chan Woo ^a   Hwang, Sung Won ^b   Cho, In Sun ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ba5Nb4O15; charge separation; hydrothermal; layered perovskite structure; photocatalytic activity; ultrathin nanosheets

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOSHEETS; PEROVSKITE; PHOTOCATALYSIS;

BA5NB4O15; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; HYDROTHERMAL; LAYERED PEROVSKITE STRUCTURE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; ULTRATHIN NANOSHEETS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 84944070973     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b06281     Document Type: Article

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