Preparation and characterization of sphere-shaped BiVO4/reduced graphene oxide photocatalyst for an augmented natural sunlight photocatalytic activity

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 677, Issue , 2016, Pages 219-227

  Yu, Chongfei ^a   Dong, Shuying ^a   Zhao, Jin ^a   Han, Xiao ^a   Wang, Jingzhen ^a   Sun, Jianhui ^a  

^a HENAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BiVO4; Natural sunlight; Photocatalytic; RGO; Sphere shaped

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXATION; COMPOSITE FILMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DEGRADATION; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPHERES; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BIVO4; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; LOW-TEMPERATURE HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; NATURAL SUNLIGHT; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84962787515     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.03.249     Document Type: Article

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