Efficient degradation of methylene blue over two-dimensional Au/TiO2 nanosheet films with overlapped light harvesting nanostructures

Journal of Nanomaterials

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Chen, Yihan ^a   Bian, Juanjuan ^a   Qi, Lulu ^a   Liu, Enzhou ^a   Fan, Jun ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DYES; GOLD ALLOYS; GOLD DEPOSITS; HARVESTING; LIGHT; NANOSHEETS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTODEGRADATION; PLASMONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

CARRIER SEPARATION; HYDROTHERMAL REACTION; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; MICROWAVE ASSISTED REDUCTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PLASMONIC PHOTOCATALYSTS; SYNERGETIC EFFECT; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

GOLD;

EID: 84934991905     PISSN: 16874110     EISSN: 16874129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/905259     Document Type: Article

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