Highly Efficient Hydrogen Production using Bi2O3/TiO2 Nanostructured Photocatalysts Under Led Light Irradiation

Materials Today: Proceedings

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1351-1358

  Lakshmana Reddy, N ^a   Krishna Reddy, G ^a   Mahaboob Basha, K ^a   Krishna Mounika, P ^a   Shankar, M V ^a  

^a YOGI VEMANA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Hydrogen Production; Nanocomposites; Photocatalysis; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; MOLECULAR SIEVES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; YARN; PHOTOCATALYSIS;

CLEANER PROCESS; H 2 PRODUCTION; LED LIGHTS; LIGHT IRRADIATIONS; MOLECULAR HYDROGEN; NANO-STRUCTURED; PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCOMPOSITE; WATER SPLITTING; NANOCOMPOSITE UV-LED LIGHT; UV LEDS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84975044012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22147853     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2016.04.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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