ZnO/Bi2O3 nanowire composites as a new family of photocatalysts

Powder Technology

Volumn 270, Issue Part A, 2015, Pages 83-91

  Štengl, Václav ^a   Henych, Jiří ^a   Slušná, Michaela ^a   Tolasz, Jakub ^a   Zetková, Kateřina ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b SYNPO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bi3+ doping; Photocatalysis; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GAS ADSORPTION; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; NANORODS; OXIDATION; PEROXIDES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

FLOWER-LIKE MORPHOLOGIES; MORPHOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; NITROGEN ADSORPTION DESORPTION ISOTHERMS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC APPLICATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION; UV-VIS DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84949116933     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2014.09.047     Document Type: Article

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