Preparation-method-dependent morphological, band structural, microstructural, and photocatalytic properties of noble metal-GaNbO4 nanocomposites

RSC Advances

Volumn 3, Issue 37, 2013, Pages 16817-16828

  Devi, Suman ^a   Kelkar, Sarika ^a   Kashid, Vikas ^b   Salunke, Hemant G ^c   Gupta, Narendra M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^c BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB-INITIO ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS; BAND CHARACTERISTICS; INTERFACIAL CONTACT; LATTICE DISTORTIONS; MICRO-STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; VALENCE BAND POTENTIAL;

CALCULATIONS; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; GALLIUM; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; INTERFACE STATES; PLATINUM; PRECIOUS METALS; RUTHENIUM ALLOYS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOL-GELS;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84883432790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3ra43477j     Document Type: Article

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