Ferroelectric polarization promoted bulk charge separation for highly efficient CO2 photoreduction of SrBi4Ti4O15

Nano Energy

Volumn 56, Issue , 2019, Pages 840-850

  Tu, Shuchen ^a   Zhang, Yihe ^a   Reshak, Ali H ^b   Auluck, Sushil ^c   Ye, Liqun ^d   Han, Xiaopeng ^e   Ma, Tianyi ^f   Huang, Hongwei ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^d NANYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

CO2 photoreduction; Ferroelectric perovskite; Piezoelectric catalysis; Spontaneous polarization; SrBi4Ti4O15 nanosheets

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYSIS; CHARGE CARRIERS; ENERGY POLICY; FERROELECTRIC CERAMICS; FERROELECTRICITY; NANOSHEETS; PEROVSKITE; PHOTOCATALYSTS; POLARIZATION; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SEPARATION; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS;

FERROELECTRIC HYSTERESIS LOOP; FERROELECTRIC PEROVSKITES; PHOTO-REDUCTION; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE CARRIERS; PIEZORESPONSE FORCE MICROSCOPY; SPONTANEOUS POLARIZATIONS; SRBI4TI4O15; TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA;

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 85058377677     PISSN: 22112855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.12.016     Document Type: Article

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