Critical influence of g-C3N4 self-assembly coating on the photocatalytic activity and stability of Ag/AgCl microspheres under visible light

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Volumn 168-169, Issue C, 2015, Pages 472-482

  Kang, Shifei ^a   Fang, Yao ^a   Huang, Yongkui ^a   Cui, Li Feng ^b   Wang, Yunzhu ^b   Qin, Hengfei ^a   Zhang, Yanmei ^a   Li, Xi ^a   Wang, Yangang ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; CATALYSTS; COATINGS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLY; STABILITY;

ASSEMBLY APPROACH; CYCLE PERFORMANCE; PHOTO-INDUCED CHARGE; PLASMONIC PHOTOCATALYSTS; RECYCLING EXPERIMENTS; SURFACE CHARACTERIZATION; VISIBLE LIGHT DRIVEN PHOTOCATALYSTS; VISIBLE-LIGHT-DRIVEN;

PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

EID: 84927130274     PISSN: 09263373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2015.01.002     Document Type: Article

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