Reactable polyelectrolyte-assisted synthesis of BiOCl with enhanced photocatalytic activity

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 1416-1424

  Zhao, Shuo ^a   Zhang, Yiwei ^a   Zhou, Yuming ^a   Zhang, Chao ^a   Sheng, Xiaoli ^a   Fang, Jiasheng ^a   Zhang, Mingyu ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BiOCl; Photocatalytic; Polyelectrolyte; Visible light

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POLYELECTROLYTES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOCL; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; POLYALLYLAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE; POLYELECTROLYTE CONCENTRATION; STRUCTURE DIRECTING AGENTS; VISIBLE LIGHT;

PHOTODEGRADATION;

EID: 85011655069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b01987     Document Type: Article

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