Zr-Doped Mesoporous Ta3N5 Microspheres for Efficient Photocatalytic Water Oxidation

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 51, 2016, Pages 35407-35418

  Wang, Yawei ^a   Zhu, Dazhang ^a   Xu, Xiaoxiang ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

microspheres; photocatalyst; Ta3N5; water oxidation; Zr doped

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; DEFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MICROSPHERES; NITRIDES; OXYGEN; PHOTOCATALYSTS; TANTALUM;

PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; VISIBLE-LIGHT ABSORBANCE; WATER OXIDATION; ZR DOPED;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 85007545500     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b14230     Document Type: Article

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