Controlled Growth of BiOCl with Large {010} Facets for Dye Self-Photosensitization Photocatalytic Fuel Cells Application

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 4619-4629

  Zhang, Lei ^a   Niu, Cheng Gang ^a   Xie, Geng Xin ^b   Wen, Xiao Ju ^a   Zhang, Xue Gang ^a   Zeng, Guang Ming ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BiOCl 010 ; DSPFCs; large surface area; low H+ ; visible light

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; FUEL CELLS; HIGH ENERGY FORMING; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; PLATINUM;

BIOCL{010; DSPFCS; LARGE SURFACE AREA; LOW [H+]; VISIBLE LIGHT;

LIGHT;

EID: 85019979843     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b03150     Document Type: Article

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