Nanostructured bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) thin films for efficient visible light photocatalysis

Materials Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 205, Issue , 2018, Pages 325-333

  Venkatesan, R ^a,b   Velumani, S ^b   Ordon, K ^a,c   Makowska Janusik, M ^c   Corbel, G ^a   Kassiba, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^c JAN DLUGOSZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

BiVO4; Photocatalysis; rf sputtering; Rhodamine 6G; Thin films

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; DEPOSITION; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS; TUNGSTATE MINERALS;

BIVO4; MECHANOCHEMICAL PROCESS; MECHANOCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; RF-SPUTTERING; RHODAMINE 6G; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 85041400460     PISSN: 02540584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2017.11.004     Document Type: Article

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