Controllable synthesis of plasmonic Ag/AgBr photocatalysts by a facile one-pot solvothermal route

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 232, Issue , 2013, Pages 564-572

  Yan, Tingjiang ^a   Zhang, Hongwen ^a   Luo, Qi ^a   Ma, Yanyan ^a   Lin, Huaxiang ^b   You, Jinmao ^a  

^a QUFU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Controllable synthesis; One pot; Plasmonic Ag AgBr; Solvothermal route

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLABLE SYNTHESIS; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; ONE POT; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PLASMONIC AG/AGBR; PLASMONIC PHOTOCATALYSTS; SOLVOTHERMAL ROUTE; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

AZO DYES; BIODEGRADATION; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHENOLS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOELECTRONS; PLASMONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

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EID: 84883539212     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.08.021     Document Type: Article

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