Controllable synthesis of α-Bi2O3and γ-Bi2O3with high photocatalytic activity by α-Bi2O3→γ-Bi2O3→α-Bi2O3transformation in a facile precipitation method

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 689, Issue , 2016, Pages 787-799

  Liu, Guo ^a   Li, Shuai ^a   Lu, Yuanyuan ^a   Zhang, Jing ^a   Feng, Zhaochi ^b   Li, Can ^b  

^a LIAONING SHIHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Photocatalytic degradation; Precipitation method; RhB; Bi2O3; Bi2O3

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NANORODS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

EXCELLENT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; HIGH PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; HIGH REACTION TEMPERATURES; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PRECIPITATION METHODS; SOLUTION CRYSTALLIZATION; UV VISIBLE ABSORPTION SPECTRUM;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84981531621     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.08.047     Document Type: Article

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