Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity of the Carbon Quantum Dot-Modified BiOI Microsphere

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-7

  Chen, Yuan ^a,b   Lu, Qiuju ^a   Yan, Xuelian ^a,b   Mo, Qionghua ^a,c   Chen, Yun ^a   Liu, Bitao ^a   Teng, Liumei ^a   Xiao, Wei ^a   Ge, Liangsheng ^a   Wang, Qinyi ^d  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

BiOI; CQDs; Photocatalytic; Visible light

Indexed keywords

LIGHT; MICROSPHERES; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS;

BIOI; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; CQDS; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; VISIBLE LIGHT;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84957551884     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-016-1262-7     Document Type: Article

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