Enhancement of the visible light activity and stability of Ag 2 CO 3 byformation of AgI/Ag 2 CO 3 heterojunction

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 319, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 312-318

  Yu, Changlin ^a   Wei, Longfu ^a,b   Zhou, Wanqin ^a   Chen, Jianchai ^a   Fan, Qizhe ^a   Liu, Hong ^c  

^a JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c University of Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

AgIAg 2 CO 3; Heterojunction; Methyl orange; Photocatalysis; Visible light

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; CITRUS FRUITS; DEGRADATION; ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; RATE CONSTANTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER HALIDES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

AGIAG2CO3; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; FIRST-ORDER REACTION RATE CONSTANT; METHYL ORANGE; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTOCATALYST; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

IODINE COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84916885517     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.05.158     Document Type: Article

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