Silver iodide microstructures of a uniform towerlike shape: Morphology purification via a chemical dissolution, simultaneously boosted catalytic durability, and enhanced catalytic performances

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 4160-4169

  Lei, Bin ^a,b   Zhu, Mingshan ^b   Chen, Penglei ^a,b   Chen, Chuncheng ^b   Ma, Wanhong ^b   Li, Tiesheng ^a   Liu, Minghua ^b  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

boosted catalytic durability; chemical dissolution; enhance catalytic reactivity; morphology purification; visible light sunlight driven photocatalysts

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; CATALYSTS; DISSOLUTION; DURABILITY; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; MIXTURES; MORPHOLOGY; PURIFICATION; SCALABILITY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; CATALYTIC REACTIVITY; CHEMICAL DISSOLUTION; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; PRECIPITATION REACTION; PURIFICATION PROTOCOL; VISIBLE LIGHT; WELL-DEFINED MORPHOLOGIES;

SILVER HALIDES;

EID: 84896923069     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am405816p     Document Type: Article

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