Visible-light-driven Ag/Ag3PO4-based plasmonic photocatalysts: Enhanced photocatalytic performance by hybridization with graphene oxide

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 84-91

  Zhu, MingShan ^a   Chen, PengLei ^a   Liu, MingHua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

graphene oxide; photodegradation; plasmonic photocatalyst; visible light

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872666725     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-5367-9     Document Type: Article

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