A facile chemical conversion synthesis of Sb2S3 nanotubes and the visible light-driven photocatalytic activities

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Shuai, Xuemin ^a   Shen, Wenzhong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cation exchange; Chemical transformation; Growth mechanism; Nanotubes; Optical and photocatalytic properties

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS; AZO DYES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT; LOW TEMPERATURE PRODUCTION; NANOTUBES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; PHOTODEGRADATION; POSITIVE IONS; TEMPERATURE; ZINC SULFIDE;

CATION EXCHANGES; CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; GROWTH MECHANISMS; HIGH PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; METHYL ORANGE DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; POLYCRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84859406918     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-199     Document Type: Article

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