Ionic liquid-assisted synthesis and improved photocatalytic activity of p-n junction g-C3N4/BiOCl

Journal of Materials Science

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 4769-4777

  Yin, Sheng ^a   Di, Jun ^a   Li, Ming ^a   Sun, Yilin ^a   Xia, Jiexiang ^a   Xu, Hui ^a   Fan, Wenmin ^a   Li, Huaming ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; IONIC LIQUIDS; MICROSPHERES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

BAND POSITION; P-N JUNCTION; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; TARGET POLLUTANTS;

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84959164393     PISSN: 00222461     EISSN: 15734803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-016-9746-5     Document Type: Article

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