Coupling immobilized TiO2 nanobelts and Au nanoparticles for enhanced photocatalytic and photoelectrocatalytic activity and mechanism insights

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 241, Issue , 2014, Pages 145-154

  Chen, Qinghua ^a   Liu, Huiling ^a   Xin, Yanjun ^b   Cheng, Xiuwen ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b QINGDAO AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Au nanoparticles; Photocatalytic degradation; Surface plasmon resonance; Tetrabromobisphenol A

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; GOLD; GOLD DEPOSITS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOBELTS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PLASMONS; REUSABILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

AU NANOPARTICLE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL RESPONSE; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; VISIBLE-LIGHT RESPONSIVE PHOTOCATALYSTS;

TIO2 NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84891639543     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.12.028     Document Type: Article

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