Enhanced surface area, high Zn interstitial defects and band gap reduction in N-doped ZnO nanosheets coupled with BiVO 4 leads to improved photocatalytic performance

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 411, Issue , 2017, Pages 321-330

  Singh, Sonal ^a   Sharma, Rishabh ^b   Mehta, Bodh Raj ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Heterojunction; Nitrogen doping; Photocatalysis; Z scheme; ZnO BiVO 4 composite

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; COMPLEXATION; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; DEGRADATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOSHEETS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SURFACE DEFECTS; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

DEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; HIGH-TEMPERATURE ANNEALING; NITROGEN-DOPING; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFECT; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; Z-SCHEME;

VANADIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85016549367     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.03.189     Document Type: Article

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