Facile one-step synthesis of BiOCl/BiOI heterojunctions with exposed {001} facet for highly enhanced visible light photocatalytic performances

Inorganic Chemistry Communications

Volumn 71, Issue , 2016, Pages 45-49

  Yu, Xiang ^a   Yang, Jinjin ^a   Ye, Kaihang ^a   Fu, Xionghui ^a   Zhu, Yi ^a   Zhang, Yuanming ^a  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electron injection; Heterojunctions; Photocatalyst; 001 facet

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978141959     PISSN: 13877003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2016.06.034     Document Type: Review

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