Insights into BiOCl with tunable nanostructures and their photocatalytic and electrochemical activities

Journal of Materials Science

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 4342-4348

  Xu, Yanqiu ^a   Hu, Xiulan ^a   Zhu, Haikui ^a   Zhang, Jianbo ^a  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DYES; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; METHANOL; MICROSPHERES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

ALKALINE ELECTROLYTES; BISMUTH OXYCHLORIDE; DEGRADATION ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTIVITIES; EXCELLENT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; SOLVOTHERMAL METHOD;

PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84961286246     PISSN: 00222461     EISSN: 15734803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-016-9745-6     Document Type: Article

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