Synthesis and photocatalytic property of a new silver thiocyanate semiconductor

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 243, Issue , 2014, Pages 24-30

  Zhang, Shuna ^a   Zhang, Shujuan ^b   Song, Limin ^c   Wu, Xiaoqing ^c   Fang, Sheng ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG INDUSTRY POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

OH radicals; AgSCN; Photodegradation; Rhodamine B

Indexed keywords

AGSCN; HIGH PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; OH RADICAL; OPTICAL INDIRECT BAND GAPS; PHOTODEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; RHODAMINE B; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTRA; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROMETERS;

FREE RADICALS; ION EXCHANGE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

PHOTODEGRADATION;

EID: 84892862094     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.01.015     Document Type: Article

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