High-performance visible-light-driven plasmonic photocatalysts Ag/AgCl with controlled size and shape using graphene oxide as capping agent and catalyst promoter

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 29, 2013, Pages 9259-9268

  Zhu, Mingshan ^a   Chen, Penglei ^a,b   Liu, Minghua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST PROMOTERS; ENHANCED CATALYTIC ACTIVITY; GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOSHEET; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PLASMONIC PHOTOCATALYSTS; PRECIPITATION REACTION; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; VISIBLE-LIGHT-DRIVEN;

AZO DYES; CATALYST ACTIVITY; GEOMETRY; GRAPHENE; PLASMONS; SILVER; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

NANOSHEETS;

EID: 84880634346     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la401473t     Document Type: Article

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