Defective BiFeO3 with surface oxygen vacancies: Facile synthesis and mechanism insight into photocatalytic performance

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 171, Issue , 2017, Pages 24-32

  Chen, Da ^a   Niu, Feng ^a   Qin, Laishun ^a   Wang, Sen ^a   Zhang, Ning ^a   Huang, Yuexiang ^a  

^a CHINA JILIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BiFeO3 nanocrystals; Hydrogenation; Photocatalytic degradation; Photocatalytic mechanism; Surface oxygen vacancy

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROGENATION; LIGHT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NANOCRYSTALS; OXYGEN; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VACANCIES; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCES (EPR); HIGH-PRESSURE HYDROGENATIONS; KELVIN PROBE FORCE MICROSCOPY; OXYGEN VACANCY CONCENTRATION; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTODEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; SURFACE OXYGEN VACANCIES;

OXYGEN VACANCIES;

EID: 85020901151     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2017.06.021     Document Type: Article

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