Controlled anisotropic growth of Ag nanoparticles on oil-decorated TiO2 films with photocatalytic reduction method

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 29, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 2497-2504

  Li, Shuai ^a   Tao, Qiang ^a   Li, Dawei ^a   Zhang, Qingyu ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ag nanoparticles; anisotropic growth; photocatalysis; plasmonics

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ENERGY CONVERSION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONICS; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SOLAR ENERGY; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AG NANOPARTICLE; ANISOTROPIC GROWTH; CRITICAL CONCENTRATION; GROWTH MODELING; NANOPLATES; PHOTOCATALYTIC METHODS; PHOTOCATALYTIC REDUCTION; RE-OXIDATION;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84910141324     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2014.283     Document Type: Article

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