Graphene sheets grafted Ag@AgCl hybrid with enhanced plasmonic photocatalytic activity under visible light

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 5731-5736

  Zhang, Hui ^a   Fan, Xinfei ^a   Quan, Xie ^a   Chen, Shuo ^a   Yu, Hongtao ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCES; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; DEPOSITION PRECIPITATION METHODS; EFFECTIVE CHARGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; GRAPHENE SHEETS; IN-SITU; MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROCESS; PHOTODEGRADATION RATE; PLASMONIC; RHODAMINE B; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTRA; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE REGION; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

ABSORPTION; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); GRAPHENE; ION EXCHANGE; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PLASMONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SILVER HALIDES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

SILVER;

GRAPHENE; NANOCRYSTAL; RHODAMINE B; SILVER; SILVER CHLORIDE;

ABSORPTION; CARBON; CATALYSIS; CHLORIDE; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; HYBRID; LIGHT EFFECT; MICROSCOPY; OXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RADIATION BALANCE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RECOMBINATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PRECIPITATION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CATALYSIS; GRAPHITE; LIGHT; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RHODAMINES; SILVER; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 79959877571     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2002919     Document Type: Article

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