Effect of Ag shapes and surface compositions on the photocatalytic performance of Ag/ZnO nanorods

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 617, Issue , 2014, Pages 869-876

  Lu, Jia ^a   Wang, Huihu ^a   Dong, Shijie ^a   Wang, Fanqiang ^a   Dong, Yifan ^a  

^a HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ag nanoparticles; Ag nanosheets; Photocatalytic activity; Surface plasmon resonance; ZnO nanorods

Indexed keywords

AG NANOPARTICLE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ZNO NANOROD;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84906960312     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2014.08.096     Document Type: Article

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