Hierarchically porous metastable β-Ag2WO4 hollow nanospheres: Controlled synthesis and high photocatalytic activity

Nanotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 16, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Xuefei ^a   Fu, Can ^a   Wang, Ping ^a   Yu, Huogen ^a   Yu, Jiaguo ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIERARCHICALLY POROUS; HIGH PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; POLY(METHACRYLIC ACID); PRECIPITATION REACTION; SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION; THERMODYNAMICALLY STABLE;

AZO DYES; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL REACTORS; DESIGN; MATERIALS; NANOSPHERES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SILVER; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

METASTABLE PHASES;

EID: 84875640321     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/16/165602     Document Type: Article

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