Homogeneous {001}-BiOBr/Bi heterojunctions: Facile controllable synthesis and morphology-dependent photocatalytic activity

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 4003-4012

  Guo, Yuxi ^a   Zhang, Yihe ^a   Tian, Na ^a   Huang, Hongwei ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

BiOBr; In situ reduction; Metallic Bi; Photocatalyst; Plasmon resonance effect; PVP assisted

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PLASMONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

BIOBR; PHOTOCATALYSIS PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PLASMON RESONANCES; PVP-ASSISTED; SITU REDUCTION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE EFFECTS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84979067070     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b00884     Document Type: Article

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