Effect of dye structure on optical properties and photocatalytic behaviors of squaraine-sensitized TiO2 nanocomposites

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 29, 2014, Pages 16113-16125

  Fang, Yongling ^a   Li, Zhongyu ^a,b,c   Yang, Baozhu ^a   Xu, Song ^a   Hu, Xiaojun ^b   Liu, Qiaoli ^c   Han, Dandan ^c   Lu, Dayong ^c  

^a CHANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHENYANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JILIN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; DYES; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ENERGY GAP; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGEN BONDS; IRRADIATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTICAL BAND GAPS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE; DIFFUSE REFLECTION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE QUANTUM YIELD; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; UV-VIS DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

COMPLEXATION;

EID: 84905020681     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp502208y     Document Type: Article

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