Facile synthesis of highly efficient one-dimensional plasmonic photocatalysts through Ag@Cu2O core-shell heteronanowires

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 15716-15725

  Xiong, Jinyan ^a   Li, Zhen ^a,d   Chen, Jun ^a   Zhang, Shanqing ^b   Wang, Lianzhou ^c   Dou, Shixue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ag@Cu2O; Core shell nanowires; One dimensional structure; Plasmonic photocatalysts

Indexed keywords

COPPER OXIDES; CORE SHELL NANOPARTICLES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; NANOWIRES; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; PLASMONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

CORE SHELL NANO STRUCTURES; CORE-SHELL NANOWIRES; DEGRADATION OF ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; ELECTRON SINK; FACILE SYNTHESIS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; PLASMONIC PHOTOCATALYSTS; SOLAR LIGHT IRRADIATION;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 84908155545     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am502516s     Document Type: Article

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