In-situ growth of Ag3VO4nanoparticles onto BiOCl nanosheet to form a heterojunction photocatalyst with enhanced performance under visible light irradiation

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 688, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-7

  Wang, Peifang ^a   Tang, Hong ^a   Ao, Yanhui ^a   Wang, Chao ^a   Hou, Jun ^a   Qian, Jin ^a   Li, Yi ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ag3VO4; BiOCl; Heterojunction; Photocatalysis; Visible light

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SILVER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BIOCL; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; REACTIVE BRILLIANT RED X-3B; UV-VIS DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTRA; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION SPECTROSCOPY;

LIGHT;

EID: 84979017182     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.07.180     Document Type: Article

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