Bismuth oxychloride hollow microspheres with high visible light photocatalytic activity

Nano Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 593-601

  Cui, Pengzhen ^a   Wang, Jiali ^a   Wang, Zumin ^a   Chen, Jun ^a   Xing, Xianran ^a   Wang, Lianzhou ^b   Yu, Ranbo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

bismuth oxychloride; hollow spheres; nanosturctures; visible light photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MICROSPHERES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

BISMUTH OXYCHLORIDE; HIGH PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; HOLLOW SPHERE; NANOSTURCTURES; SACRIFICIAL TEMPLATES; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS;

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84956862717     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-015-0939-z     Document Type: Article

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