Enhanced thermal stability under DC electrical conductivity retention and visible light activity of Ag/TiO2@polyaniline nanocomposite film

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 8124-8133

  Ansari, Mohd Omaish ^a   Khan, Mohammad Mansoob ^a   Ansari, Sajid Ali ^a   Raju, Kati ^a   Lee, Jintae ^a   Cho, Moo Hwan ^a  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

cyclic stability; nanocomposites; photocatalysis; polyaniline; visible light active

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; IONIC LIQUIDS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYANILINE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOELECTRICITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CYCLIC STABILITY; DC ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; PHOTODEGRADATION OF METHYLENE BLUE; POLYANILINE NANOCOMPOSITES; SOLUTION-CASTING TECHNIQUE; THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 84902440429     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am500488e     Document Type: Article

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