Fabrication of p-type BiOCl/n-type La2Ti2O7 facet-coupling heterostructure with enhanced photocatalytic performance

RSC Advances

Volumn 6, Issue 54, 2016, Pages 48599-48609

  Ao, Yanhui ^a   Wang, Kedan ^a   Wang, Peifang ^a   Wang, Chao ^a   Hou, Jun ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

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Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; GAS ADSORPTION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NITROGEN ADSORPTION DESORPTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; PHOTOCURRENT MEASUREMENT; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE CARRIERS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; UV-VIS-DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84971324853     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c6ra05166a     Document Type: Article

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