Photocatalytic hydrogen production over solid solutions between BiFeO 3 and SrTiO 3

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 391, Issue , 2017, Pages 535-541

  Lu, Lingwei ^a   Lv, Meilin ^a   Liu, Gang ^b   Xu, Xiaoxiang ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

BiFeO 3; Hydrogen production; Photocatalyst; SrTiO 3; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; ENERGY GAP; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; IRON COMPOUNDS; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; STRONTIUM TITANATES; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

BIFEO3; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SRTIO3; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; WATER SPLITTING;

SOLID SOLUTIONS;

EID: 84977119764     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.06.160     Document Type: Article

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