Exploring the Different Roles of Particle Size in Photoelectrochemical and Photocatalytic Water Oxidation on BiVO4

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 42, 2016, Pages 28607-28614

  Tan, Hui Ling ^a   Amal, Rose ^a   Ng, Yun Hau ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

bismuth vanadate; particle size; photocatalysis; photoelectrochemistry; water oxidation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SUSPENSION SYSTEMS; BISMUTH; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; OXIDATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS;

BISMUTH VANADATES; CHARGE CARRIER EXTRACTION; CHARGE COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; LARGER PARTICLE SIZES; PARTICLE SIZE REDUCTION; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS; WATER OXIDATION;

PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84994021949     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b09076     Document Type: Article

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