Novel AgBr/Ag3PO4 decorated ceria nanoflake composites for enhanced photocatalytic activity toward dyes and bacteria under visible light

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 54, Issue 33, 2015, Pages 8031-8042

  Eswar, Neerugatti KrishnaRao ^a   Katkar, Venktesh V ^b   Ramamurthy, Praveen C ^a   Madras, Giridhar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b VISVESVARAYA NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CERIUM OXIDE; COMPLEXATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCATALYSTS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; SILVER HALIDES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

ANIONIC AND CATIONIC DYES; ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; EXCELLENT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; NANOCOMPOSITE CATALYST; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE ANALYSIS; SOLUTION COMBUSTION PROCESS; VISIBLE LIGHT ACTIVE PHOTOCATALYSTS;

PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84940540757     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.5b01993     Document Type: Article

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