Formation of intermediate band and low recombination rate in ZnO-BiVO4 heterostructured photocatalyst: Investigation based on experimental and theoretical studies

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 500-510

  Singh, Sonal ^a   Sharma, Rishabh ^b   Joshi, Girdhar ^c   Pandey, Jitendra Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND ENERGY STUDIES   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^c RCU Government Post Graduate College   (India)

Author keywords

DFT; Intermediate Band; Monoclinic bismuth Vanadate; Time Resolved PL; Zinc Oxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001600694     PISSN: 02561115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11814-016-0284-2     Document Type: Article

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