The fabrication and photocatalytic performances of flower-like Ag nanoparticles/ZnO nanosheets-assembled microspheres

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 331, Issue , 2015, Pages 50-57

  Deng, Quan ^a   Tang, Haibin ^a   Liu, Gang ^a   Song, Xiaoping ^b   Xu, Guoping ^a   Li, Qian ^c   Ng, Dickon H L ^c   Wang, Guozhong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (China)

^b Anhui Medical College   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Ag nanoparticle; Micro nanostructure; Microspheres; Photocatalysis; ZnO

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AZO DYES; CHARGE TRANSFER; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DYES; FABRICATION; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IRRADIATION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSPHERES; NANOSHEETS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SOLUTIONS; TIN COMPOUNDS; ZINC OXIDE;

FASTER REACTIONS; IMPEDANCE SPECTRUM; MICRO/NANOSTRUCTURES; PAIR RECOMBINATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; SOLVOTHERMAL METHOD; TWO STEP METHOD;

SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84924706104     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.12.202     Document Type: Article

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