Photoluminescence (PL) quenching and enhanced photocatalytic activity of Au-decorated ZnO nanorods fabricated through microwave-assisted chemical synthesis

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 4807-4816

  Ruiz Peralta, Ma De Lourdes ^a   Pal, U ^a   Zeferino, R Sánchez ^a  

^a BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

metal semiconductor nanocomposite; microwave synthesis; photocatalysis; photoluminescence; zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

AU NANOPARTICLE; AVERAGE SIZE; BAND EDGE; CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; COMPOSITE NANOSTRUCTURES; DEGRADATION RATE; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; LUMINESCENCE EMISSION; MICROWAVE SYNTHESIS; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED; OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; RHODAMINE 6G; SODIUM CITRATE; UV EMISSIONS; VISIBLE EMISSIONS; ZNO NANOROD; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

DEGRADATION; METAL IONS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUENCHING; SODIUM; ZINC OXIDE;

GOLD;

EID: 84867474545     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am301155u     Document Type: Article

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