Preparation of novel p-n heterojunction Bi2O2CO3/BiOBr photocatalysts with enhanced visible light photocatalytic activity

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 517, Issue , 2017, Pages 25-32

  Qiu, Fazheng ^a   Li, Wenjun ^a   Wang, Fangzhi ^a   Li, Hongda ^a   Liu, Xintong ^a   Ren, Chaojun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

Bi2O2CO3; BiOBr; p n Heterojunction; Photocatalytic

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BIOBR; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; P-N HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROCESS; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

COMPLEXATION;

BISMUTH DERIVATIVE; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; NANOSHEET; OXYGEN DERIVATIVE; RHODAMINE B;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT; OPTICS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 85008659712     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2017.01.008     Document Type: Article

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