AgI/Ag 3 PO 4 heterojunction composites with enhanced photocatalyticactivity under visible light irradiation

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 287, Issue , 2013, Pages 178-186

  Yan, Jia ^a   Wang, Cheng ^a   Xu, Hui ^a   Xu, Yuanguo ^a   She, Xiaojie ^a   Chen, Jiajia ^a   Song, Yanhua ^a   Li, Huaming ^a   Zhang, Qi ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ion exchange; Photocatalysis; Visible light

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; EXCITONS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ION EXCHANGE; LIGHT; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER HALIDES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPIES (EDS); FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; ION-EXCHANGE METHODS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTICACTIVITY; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84897096486     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.09.113     Document Type: Article

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