Preparation of Au/TiO2 nanocomposite particles with high visible-light photocatalytic activity in inverse miniemulsions

Colloid and Polymer Science

Volumn 293, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 277-288

  Cao, Zhihai ^a,b   Yang, Liu ^b   Chen, Hangnan ^a   Xu, Chang ^a   Qi, Dongming ^a   Zhu, Shudi ^b   Ziener, Ulrich ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Au TiO2 nanocomposite particles; Inverse miniemulsion; Sol gel process; Visible light photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; GOLD; GOLD METALLOGRAPHY; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; LIGHT; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDE MINERALS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SOLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ELEMENTAL CONTENTS; GEL PROCESS; HIGH PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; MINIEMULSIONS; NANO-COMPOSITE PARTICLE; PARTICLE MORPHOLOGIES; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS;

PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GOLD SALT; NANOCOMPOSITE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; EMULSION; HEAT TREATMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHILICITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR STABILITY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84925489782     PISSN: 0303402X     EISSN: 14351536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00396-014-3412-8     Document Type: Article

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