On the origin of the photocatalytic activity improvement of BIVO4 through rare earth tridoping

Applied Catalysis A: General

Volumn 501, Issue , 2015, Pages 56-62

  Obregón, Sergio ^a   Colón, Gerardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Erbium; Methylene Blue; O2 evolution; Photocatalysis; t BiVO4; Thulium; Ytterbium; Yttrium

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; CARRIER MOBILITY; LUMINESCENCE; METAL IONS; RARE EARTHS;

CHARGE CARRIERS MOBILITY; ELECTRONIC CHANGES; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; LUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; SUBSTITUTIONAL INCORPORATION; TETRAGONAL STRUCTURE;

PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

EID: 84973399426     PISSN: 0926860X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2015.04.032     Document Type: Article

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