A plasmonic photocatalyst of Ag/AgBr nanoparticles coupled with g-C3N4 with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic ability

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 436, Issue , 2013, Pages 474-483

  Xu, Yuanguo ^a   Xu, Hui ^a   Yan, Jia ^a   Li, Huaming ^a   Huang, Liying ^a   Xia, Jiexiang ^a   Yin, Sheng ^a   Shu, Huoming ^b  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HAINAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ag AgBr; Degradation; Plasmonic photocatalyst

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXATION; DEGRADATION; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; HYBRID MATERIALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PLASMONS; RATE CONSTANTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

DEGRADATION RATE CONSTANTS; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE EMISSION; PLASMONIC PHOTOCATALYSTS; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTRA; X RAY PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

PHOTOCATALYSTS;

CARBON; CARBON NITRIDE; NANOCOMPOSITE; SILVER BROMIDE NANOPARTICLE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; DISPERSION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY CONVERSION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84881515626     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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