Effects of crystallite structure and interface band alignment on the photocatalytic property of bismuth ferrite/ (N-doped) graphene composites

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 672, Issue , 2016, Pages 497-504

  Li, Pai ^a   Chen, Qiang ^a   Lin, Yinyin ^a   Chang, Gang ^a   He, Yunbin ^a  

^a HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Band bending; Bi25FeO40; BiFeO3; Graphene; Photocatalytic activity

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; COMPLEXATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FERRITE; IRON OXIDES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BANDBENDING; BIFEO3; CRYSTALLITE STRUCTURES; HYDROTHERMAL CONDITIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; TWO-STEP HYDROTHERMAL METHOD;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84960101027     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.02.143     Document Type: Article

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