Rapid photocatalytic activity and honeycomb Ag/ZnO heterostructures via solution combustion synthesis

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 436, Issue , 2013, Pages 787-795

  Cai, Yu ^a   Fan, Huiqing ^a   Xu, Mengmeng ^a   Li, Qiang ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Heterostructures; Honeycomb; Photocatalytic; Solution combustion synthesis; ZnO

Indexed keywords

HETEROJUNCTIONS; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS;

BRUNAUER-EMMETT-TELLER SURFACE AREAS; HONEYCOMB; NANOSTRUCTURED SURFACE LAYER; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; SOLUTION COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRONS; ZNO;

COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS;

SILVER; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84883415030     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2013.08.008     Document Type: Article

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