Facile synthesis of MWCNTs/Ag3PO4: Novel photocatalysts with enhanced photocatalytic activity under visible light

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Tian, Jingqi ^a,b   Li, Haiyan ^a   Xing, Zhicai ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Asiri, Abdullah M ^c   Al Youbi, Abdulrahman O ^c   Sun, Xuping ^a,c  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Facile; Photocatalyst; Photodecomposition; Visible light

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXATION; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; LIGHT; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); PHOTOCATALYSTS; RHODAMINE B; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ETHYLENE GLYCOL SOLUTIONS; FACILE; FACILE SYNTHESIS; IN-SITU SYNTHESIS; PHOTO-DECOMPOSITION; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; VISIBLE LIGHT;

PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

DISODIUM HYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NANOCOMPOSITE; RHODAMINE B; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; SILVER PHOSPHATE NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; LIGHT; NANOFABRICATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84873343539     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-1453-4     Document Type: Article

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