Ag/ZnO heterostructures and their photocatalytic activity under visible light: Effect of reducing medium

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 287, Issue , 2015, Pages 59-68

  Liu, Yangsi ^a   Wei, Shanghai ^a   Gao, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ag ZnO heterostructure; Microstructure; Photocatalysis; Reducing medium; Visible light

Indexed keywords

HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANORODS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; ZINC OXIDE;

AG NANOCLUSTERS; MULTI-LEVEL STRUCTURES; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; REDUCING MEDIUM; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT-DRIVEN; ZNO NANOROD ARRAYS;

SILVER;

ALCOHOL; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; NANOROD; SILVER; WATER; ZINC OXIDE; RHODAMINE; RHODAMINE B; WATER POLLUTANT;

AIR; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISPERSION; LIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOLYSIS; RADIATION RESPONSE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER POLLUTANT;

MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOLYSIS; RHODAMINES; SILVER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84921442879     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.12.045     Document Type: Article

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