Tetragonal-zircon BiVO<sub>4</sub>: a better polymorph for the formation of coherent type-II heterostructures for water splitting applications-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Tetragonal-zircon BiVO₄: a better polymorph for the formation of coherent type-II heterostructures for water splitting applications

Published:2023 Issue:40 Volume:25 Page:27595-27605
ISSN:1463-9076
Container-title:Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
language:en
Short-container-title:Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.

Author:

Rashmi ¹^ORCID,Majid Md²,Sivakumar Sri¹³⁴⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Materials Science Programme, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, 208016, India

2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Integral University Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226026, India

3. Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, 208016, India

4. Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, 208016, India

5. Thematic Unit of Excellence on Soft Nanofabrication, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, 208016, India

Abstract

The highest symmetry and facile method of preparation makes tetragonal-zircon polymorph of BiVO4 a more suitable candidate to form coherent type-II interfaces for the efficient separation of electron–hole pairs.

Funder

Science and Engineering Research Board

Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,General Physics and Astronomy

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2023/CP/D3CP02711B

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