Mechanism of superior visible-light photocatalytic activity and stability of hybrid Ag3PO4/graphene nanocomposite

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 12972-12979

  Xu, Liang ^a   Huang, Wei Qing ^a   Wang, Ling Ling ^a   Huang, Gui Fang ^a   Peng, Ping ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GRAPHENE; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOCATALYSIS;

ABSORPTION PEAKS; BUILT-IN POTENTIAL; DISTRIBUTION FLUCTUATIONS; GROUND ELECTRONIC STATE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; STRONG ABSORPTIONS; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES;

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EID: 84903142291     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5034273     Document Type: Article

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