Nanostructured hybrid shells of r-GO/AuNP/ m -TiO2 as highly active photocatalysts

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 6909-6918

  Wang, Minggui ^a   Han, Jie ^a,b   Xiong, Huixin ^a   Guo, Rong ^a   Yin, Yadong ^b  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Au nanoparticle; graphene; hybrid shells; mesoporous; photocatalyst; TiO2

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; DAYLIGHT SIMULATION; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; GRAPHENE; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; RHODAMINE B; SILICA; SIO2 NANOPARTICLES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AU NANOPARTICLE; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; HYBRID SHELLS; MESOPOROUS; NANOSTRUCTURED HYBRIDS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; TIO2; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 84926306771     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b00663     Document Type: Article

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