A highly efficient visible-light-driven novel p-n junction Fe 2 O 3 /BiOI photocatalyst: Surface decoration of BiOI nanosheets with Fe 2 O 3 nanoparticles

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 387, Issue , 2016, Pages 642-651

  Mehraj, Owais ^a   Pirzada, Bilal M ^a   Mir, Niyaz A ^a   Khan, Mohammad Zain ^a   Sabir, Suhail ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fe 2 O 3 BiOI heterojunctions; In Situ hydrolysis method; p n heterojunctions; Rhodamine B; Visible light photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ELECTRONS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HEMATITE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROLYSIS; LIGHT; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSHEETS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHASE STRUCTURE; PHOTODEGRADATION; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; P-N HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; RHODAMINE B; SELECTED AREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; SITU HYDROLYSIS; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS;

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84978946906     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.06.166     Document Type: Article

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