A novel synergy of Er3+/Fe3+co-doped porous Bi5O7I microspheres with enhanced photocatalytic activity under visible-light irradiation

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Volumn 205, Issue , 2017, Pages 421-432

  Liu, Yongbao ^a   Zhu, Gangqiang ^a,b   Gao, Jianzhi ^a   Zhu, Runliang ^b   Hojamberdiev, Mirabbos ^a,c   Wang, Chenghui ^a   Wei, Xiumei ^a   Liu, Peng ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c TURIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY IN TASHKENT   (Uzbekistan)

Author keywords

Doping; Microsphere; Photocatalytic activity; Porous; Up conversion

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; DECOMPOSITION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MICROSPHERES; OXYGEN; PHENOLS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS;

PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOGENERATED HOLES; POROUS; SUPEROXIDE RADICAL; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION METHODS; UP CONVERSION; UPCONVERSION PROPERTIES; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

PHOTODEGRADATION;

EID: 85007470563     PISSN: 09263373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.12.061     Document Type: Article

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