Efficient visible light photocatalytic oxidation of NO with hierarchical nanostructured 3D flower-like BiOClxBr1-x solid solutions

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 671, Issue , 2016, Pages 318-327

  Wu, Tianli ^a   Li, Xiaoxia ^a   Zhang, Dingke ^b   Dong, Fan ^c   Chen, Shijian ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHONGQING TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Band gap engineering; BiOClxBr1 x; Hierarchical nanostructure; Photocatalysis; Solid solution

Indexed keywords

AIR CLEANERS; AIR PURIFICATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; REDOX REACTIONS; SOLAR ENERGY;

BAND GAP ENGINEERING; BIOCLXBR1-X; HIERARCHICAL NANOSTRUCTURES; LARGE SPECIFIC SURFACE AREAS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATIONS; TETRAGONAL CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

SOLID SOLUTIONS;

EID: 84959273595     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.01.267     Document Type: Article

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