One step synthesis of Ag/Ag3PO4/BiPO4 double-heterostructured nanocomposites with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity and stability

Ceramics International

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 8087-8092

  Lv, Yaohui ^a   Huang, Kai ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Yang, Bin ^a   Chi, Fangli ^a   Ran, Songlin ^a   Liu, Xianguo ^a  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Photocatalyst; RhB dye; Visible light

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL STABILITY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; HIGH EFFICIENT; LOW TEMPERATURES; ONE STEP SYNTHESIS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES;

SILVER;

EID: 84897456630     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.12.162     Document Type: Article

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