One-pot synthesis of ternary Ag2CO3/Ag/AgCl photocatalyst in natural geothermal water with enhanced photocatalytic activity under visible light irradiation

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 280, Issue , 2014, Pages 260-268

  Yao, Xiaxi ^a   Liu, Xiaoheng ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ag AgCl; Geothermal water; Photocatalysis; Visible light

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

AG/AGCL; GEOTHERMAL WATER; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROCESS; PRECIPITATION METHODS; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; ONE-POT SYNTHESIS;

SILVER; PHOTOCATALYSIS;

CARBONIC ACID; CHLORINE; METHYLENE BLUE; NANOPARTICLE; OXYGEN; SILVER CHLORIDE; WATER; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SILVER CARBONATE; SILVER DERIVATIVE; SILVER NITRATE; HYDROGEN; NANOCOMPOSITE; NATURAL GEOTHERMAL WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION; CATALYSIS; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; LIGHT EFFECT; PHOTODEGRADATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; DYE; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; IRRADIANCE; PHOTOLYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SILVER; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

ABSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; EVALUATION STUDY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; ONE POT SYNTHESIS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PRECIPITATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPECIES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; WATER SUPPLY; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PHOTOLYSIS; SYNTHESIS; THERMAL SPRING; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CARBONATES; HOT SPRINGS; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOLYSIS; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SILVER NITRATE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84906514151     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.07.079     Document Type: Article

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