Facet-Controlling Agents Free Synthesis of Hematite Crystals with High-Index Planes: Excellent Photodegradation Performance and Mechanism Insight

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 142-151

  Ding, Dahu ^a,b,e   Huang, Yang ^b   Zhou, Cuifeng ^c   Liu, Zongwen ^c   Ren, Jichang ^b   Zhang, Ruiqin ^b   Wang, Jianhai ^d   Zhang, Yuanjian ^d   Lei, Zhongfang ^e   Zhang, Zhenya ^e   Zhi, Chunyi ^b  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

facile synthesis method; hematite; high index facets; photocatalysts; structure analysis

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; PHOTOCATALYSTS;

EXCELLENT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; FACILE SYNTHESIS; HIGH INDEX FACETS; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED HYDROTHERMAL; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; PHOTODEGRADATION ACTIVITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

HEMATITE;

EID: 84954440727     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b07843     Document Type: Article

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