Constructing carbon quantum dots/Bi2SiO5 ultrathin nanosheets with enhanced photocatalytic activity and mechanism investigation

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 302, Issue , 2016, Pages 334-343

  Di, Jun ^a   Xia, Jiexiang ^a   Huang, Yan ^a   Ji, Mengxia ^a   Fan, Wenmin ^a   Chen, Zhigang ^a   Li, Huaming ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Active species; Bi2SiO5; CQDs; Photocatalytic; Ultrathin nanosheets

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; NANOCRYSTALS; OXYGEN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

ACTIVE SPECIES; CQDS; MECHANISM INVESTIGATION; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ULTRA-THIN STRUCTURES; ULTRATHIN NANOSHEETS;

NANOSHEETS;

EID: 84977672026     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2016.05.009     Document Type: Article

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