Fabrication of Z-scheme plasmonic photocatalyst Ag@AgBr/g-C3N4 with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 271, Issue , 2014, Pages 150-159

  Yang, Yuxin ^a   Guo, Wan ^a   Guo, Yingna ^a   Zhao, Yahui ^a   Yuan, Xing ^a   Guo, Yihang ^a  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ag@AgBr; Graphitic carbon nitride; Plasmonic photocatalysis; Z scheme

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; FREE RADICALS; NITRIDES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PLASMONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REACTION INTERMEDIATES; SILVER ALLOYS; SILVER HALIDES;

DEGRADATION OF METHYL ORANGES; DEPOSITION PRECIPITATION METHODS; ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION PATHWAYS; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; Z-SCHEME;

SILVER;

BROMINE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; CARBON NITRIDE; METHYL ORANGE; RHODAMINE B; SILVER BROMIDE; SILVER DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AZO COMPOUND; BROMIDE; COLORING AGENT; CYANOGEN; NITRILE; RHODAMINE; SILVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CATALYSIS; DYE; FREE RADICAL; GRAPHITE; IRRADIATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SILVER; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFABRICATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PRECIPITATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; RADIATION RESPONSE; WATER POLLUTANT;

AZO COMPOUNDS; BROMIDES; CATALYSIS; COLORING AGENTS; LIGHT; NITRILES; RHODAMINES; SILVER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84895977193     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.02.023     Document Type: Article

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