Effect of HNO3 concentration on the morphologies and properties of Bi2WO6 photocatalyst synthesized by a hydrothermal method

Crystals

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Wang, Wenjie ^a   Guo, Minna ^a   Lu, Dongliang ^a   Wang, Weimin ^a   Fu, Zhengyi ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bi2WO6; Degradation; Morphology; Nanosheet; Photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983334410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cryst6070075     Document Type: Article

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