Photocatalytic Enhancements to the Reduction of 4-Nitrophenol by Resonantly Excited Triangular Gold-Copper Nanostructures

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 30, 2015, Pages 17308-17315

  Hajfathalian, Maryam ^a   Gilroy, Kyle D ^a   Yaghoubzade, Ali ^a   Sundar, Aarthi ^a   Tan, Teng ^b   Hughes, Robert A ^a   Neretina, Svetlana ^a  

^a Temple University   (United States)

^b Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONS; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION RATES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ASSEMBLY TECHNIQUES; BIMETALLIC COMPOSITIONS; CATALYTIC CAPABILITY; HETEROGENEOUS PHOTOCATALYSTS; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; PLASMONIC NANOSTRUCTURES; SODIUM BORO HYDRIDES;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 84938253286     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b04618     Document Type: Article

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