Citric acid-assisted synthesis of nano-Ag/BiOBr with enhanced photocatalytic activity

Science China Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 457-466

  Li, Xiuli ^a   Mao, Xiaoming ^a   Zhang, Xiaochao ^a   Wang, Yunfang ^a   Wang, Yawen ^a   Zhang, Hui ^b   Hao, Xiaogang ^a   Fan, Caimei ^a  

^a TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ag BiOBr; citric acid; photocatalysis; photoreduction

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CITRIC ACID; ELECTRON RESONANCE; NANOPARTICLES; OXYGEN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

DIFFUSE REFLECTION SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTO-REDUCTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOINDUCED ELECTRONS; PHOTOREDUCTION METHOD; SILVER-NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE PLASMA RESONANCES;

SILVER;

EID: 84925488252     PISSN: 16747291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11426-014-5152-5     Document Type: Article

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