Synthesis and characterization of Ag nanoparticles and Ag-loaded TiO 2 photocatalysts

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3780-3786

  Sauthier, G ^a   Perez Del Pino A ^b   Figueras, A ^a   Gyorgy E ^a,c  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA DE MATERIALS DE BARCELONA ICMAB CSIC   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LASER   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; EXCIMER LASERS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; PULSED LASERS; SILICA; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SUBSTRATES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANATASE PHASE TIO2 THIN FILMS; EXCIMER LASER SOURCES; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC APPLICATION; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; UV-VISIBLE ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 80155209706     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2011.04693.x     Document Type: Article

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