Enhanced driving force and charge separation efficiency in disordered SnNbxOy: Boosting photocatalytic activity toward water reduction

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 309, Issue , 2017, Pages 313-320

  Huang, Shushu ^a   Lang, Junyu ^a   Du, Chunfang ^a   Bian, Fenggang ^b   Su, Yiguo ^a   Wang, Xiaojing ^a  

^a INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Density functional calculations; Disordered; Nanostructures; Niobate; Photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CATALYSTS; CHARGE TRANSFER; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY; ENERGY GAP; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SEPARATION; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VALENCE BANDS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY SCATTERING;

CHARGE RECOMBINATION PROCESS; CRYSTALLINE COUNTERPART; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; DISORDERED; NIOBATES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; STRUCTURAL DISTORTIONS; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84994004742     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2016.10.061     Document Type: Article

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