Facile Fabrication of Bi2WO6/Ag2S Heterostructure with Enhanced Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Performances

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Tang, Rongfeng ^a   Su, Huaifen ^a   Sun, Yuanwei ^a   Zhang, Xianxi ^a   Li, Lei ^a   Liu, Caihua ^a   Wang, Bingquan ^a   Zeng, Suyuan ^a   Sun, Dezhi ^a  

^a LIAOCHENG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bi2WO6 Ag2S heterostructures; Enhanced photocatalytic activity; pH dependent; Photocatalytic mechanism; Visible light driven

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PH; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; RHODIUM; SILVER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

3-MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; PH-DEPENDENT; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROCESS; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT-DRIVEN;

LIGHT;

EID: 84961572704     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-016-1319-7     Document Type: Article

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