Visible light activation photocatalytic performance of PbSe quantum dot sensitized TiO2 Nanowires

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Volumn 179, Issue , 2015, Pages 583-588

  Gyori, Zoltán ^a   Kónya, Zoltán ^a   Kukovecz, Ákos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Nanowires; PbSe; Photosensitization; Quantum dots; TiO2

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; CITRUS FRUITS; IV-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOWIRES; ORGANOMETALLICS; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

INITIAL CONCENTRATION; METHYL ORANGE DEGRADATION; ORGANOMETALLIC SYNTHESIS; PBSE; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; TIO2; VISIBLE LIGHT ACTIVATIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84934325205     PISSN: 09263373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2015.05.056     Document Type: Article

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