Ag/CdS heterostructural composites: Fabrication, characterizations and photocatalysis

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 313, Issue , 2014, Pages 558-562

  Liu, Yang ^a   Chi, Mei ^b   Dong, Hailiang ^a   Jia, Husheng ^a   Xu, Bingshe ^a   Zhang, Zhuxia ^a  

^a TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Ag CdS; CdS; Methylene blue; Photocatalytic efficiency

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CHARACTERIZATION; DEGRADATION; EFFICIENCY; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; FREE RADICALS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOWIRES; OSTWALD RIPENING; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

HYDROTHERMAL CONDITIONS; METHYLENE BLUE; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFECT; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS;

SILVER;

EID: 84904809448     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.06.022     Document Type: Article

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