Single Precursor Mediated-Synthesis of Bi Semimetal Deposited N-Doped (BiO)2CO3 Superstructures for Highly Promoted Photocatalysis

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2969-2979

  Xiong, Ting ^a   Dong, Xing'An ^b   Huang, Hongwei ^c   Cen, Wanglai ^d   Zhang, Yuxin ^e   Dong, Fan ^a  

^a CHONGQING TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

(BiO)2CO3 Photocatalysts; Bi Semimetal deposition; Charge separation; N Doping; Surface plasmon resonance; Visible light photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CATALYSIS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DEPOSITION; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ENERGY GAP; LATTICE THEORY; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PLASMONS; PRECIOUS METALS; SEPARATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

CHARGE SEPARATIONS; HYDROTHERMAL TEMPERATURE; N-DOPING; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSTS;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

EID: 84973638028     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b01416     Document Type: Article

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