Synthesis and the enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity of BiVO4 nanocrystals coupled with Ag nanoparticles

Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1347-1355

  Wang, W Z ^a   Meng, Shan ^a   Tan, Miao ^a   Jia, L J ^a   Zhou, Y X ^a   Wu, Shuang ^a   Huang, X W ^a   Liang, Y J ^a   Shi, H L ^a  

^a MINZU UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCRYSTALS; PLASMONS; RHODAMINE B; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHARGE SEPARATIONS; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE; HYDROTHERMAL ROUTES; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT-DRIVEN;

PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

EID: 84925507054     PISSN: 09478396     EISSN: 14320630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00339-014-8887-0     Document Type: Article

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