Harnessing Vis–NIR broad spectrum for photocatalytic CO2 reduction over carbon quantum dots-decorated ultrathin Bi2WO6 nanosheets

Nano Research

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1720-1731

  Kong, Xin Ying ^a   Tan, Wen Liang ^a   Ng, Boon Junn ^a   Chai, Siang Piao ^a   Mohamed, Abdul Rahman ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

bismuth tungstate; carbon quantum dots; CO2 reduction; near infrared (NIR) light; photocatalysis; ultrathin nanosheets

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY POLICY; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSHEETS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; RARE EARTHS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

BISMUTH TUNGSTATES; CARBON QUANTUM DOTS; CO2 REDUCTION; NEAR INFRARED LIGHT; ULTRATHIN NANOSHEETS;

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85010733432     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-017-1435-4     Document Type: Article

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