Quasi-aligned Ag-Nb2O5 nanobelt arrays with enhanced photocatalytic and antibacterial activities

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2330-2338

  Gao, Biao ^a   Fu, Jijiang ^a   Huo, Kaifu ^a,b   Zhang, Wenrui ^a   Xie, Yonghong ^a   Chu, Paul K ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AG NANOPARTICLE; ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; CALCINATION TREATMENT; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; COMPOSITE PHOTOCATALYSTS; DYE POLLUTANTS; ELECTRON SINK; FUNCTIONALIZED; HYDROTHERMAL GROWTH; HYDROTHERMAL REACTION; ION EXCHANGE PROCESS; KOH SOLUTION; LIGHT ILLUMINATION; NANOBELT ARRAYS; NB FOIL; ORGANIC DYE; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ULTRA-VIOLET;

BACTERIA; CALCINATION; DYES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ION EXCHANGE; NANOBELTS; NANOPARTICLES; NIOBIUM; NIOBIUM OXIDE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS;

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EID: 80051546127     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.04370.x     Document Type: Article

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