Low-temperature sol-gel synthesis of nitrogen-doped anatase/brookite biphasic nanoparticles with high surface area and visible-light performance

Catalysts

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2017, Pages

  Jiang, Liang ^a   Li, Yizhou ^a   Yang, Haiyan ^a   Yang, Yepeng ^a   Liu, Jun ^a   Yan, Zhiying ^a   Long, Xiang ^a   He, Jiao ^a   Wang, Jiaqiang ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anatase brookite biphasic; Degradation of dyes; Nitrogen doping; Sol gel method; Visible light photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85038110882     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/catal7120376     Document Type: Article

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