Silver nanoparticles and defect-induced visible light photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical performance of Ag@m-TiO2 nanocomposite

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 141, Issue , 2015, Pages 162-170

  Ansari, Sajid Ali ^a   Khan, Mohammad Mansoob ^a,b   Ansari, Mohd Omaish ^a   Cho, Moo Hwan ^a  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Ag@m TiO2; Dye degradation; Electrochemically active biofilm; Nanocomposite; Photocatalyst; Photoelectrochemical studies; Visible light

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AZO DYES; BIOFILMS; DYES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY GAP; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SURFACE DEFECTS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

DYE DEGRADATION; ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVE BIOFILMS; EXCELLENT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; HIGH PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; VISIBLE LIGHT;

SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84931259643     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2015.05.029     Document Type: Article

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