Facet-Dependent Photocatalytic N2 Fixation of Bismuth-Rich Bi5O7I Nanosheets

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 41, 2016, Pages 27661-27668

  Bai, Yang ^a   Ye, Liqun ^a,b   Chen, Ting ^a   Wang, Li ^b   Shi, Xian ^a   Zhang, Xu ^c   Chen, Dan ^d  

^a SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d TARIM OILFIELD COMPANY   (China)

Author keywords

Bi5O7I; bismuth rich; facet; N2 fixation; photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; CALCINATION; CONDUCTION BANDS; HYDROLYSIS; NANOSHEETS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BAND STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; FACET; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMATION (FFT); FIELD EMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCATALYTIC REDUCTION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; STRUCTURE CHARACTERIZATION;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 84992176886     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b08129     Document Type: Article

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