A mechanism for enhanced photocatalytic activity of nano-size silver particle modified titanium dioxide thin films

Science China Technological Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3027-3032

  Meng, Fanming ^a,b   Lu, Fei ^a   Sun, Zhaoqi ^a   Lü, Jianguo ^a,b,c  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c HEFEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

methyl orange; nanoparticle; photocatalytic activity; RF magnetron sputtering; silver

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; CITRUS FRUITS; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDE MINERALS; PHASE STRUCTURE; PHOTODEGRADATION; SILVER; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SILVER METALLOGRAPHY; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

HIGH-PRESSURE MERCURY LAMP; LIGHT-INDUCED DEGRADATION; METHYL ORANGE; NANOSTRUCTURED THIN FILM; RF-MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; TITANIUM DIOXIDE THIN FILM; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION; X RAY DIFFRACTOMETERS;

PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

EID: 78049477462     PISSN: 16747321     EISSN: 18691900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11431-010-4116-z     Document Type: Article

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