Surface plasmon effect of cu and presence of n-p heterojunction in oxide nanocomposites for visible light photocatalysis

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 3780-3790

  Pal, Jaya ^a   Sasmal, Anup Kumar ^a   Ganguly, Mainak ^a   Pal, Tarasankar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COMPLEXATION; COPPER; COPPER OXIDES; ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOCOMPOSITES; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PLASMONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ZINC OXIDE;

ELECTRON-HOLE SEPARATION; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOGENERATED CARRIERS; SURFACE PLASMON EFFECTS; VISIBLE LIGHT INDUCED; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS;

PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

EID: 84923337315     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5114812     Document Type: Article

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