BiVO4 {010} and {110} Relative Exposure Extent: Governing Factor of Surface Charge Population and Photocatalytic Activity

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1400-1405

  Tan, Hui Ling ^a   Wen, Xiaoming ^a   Amal, Rose ^a   Ng, Yun Hau ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOOXIDATION;

ACTIVE REDUCTION; BISMUTH VANADATES; ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ELECTRON TRAPPING; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 84964507826     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b00428     Document Type: Article

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