Ag-Decorated ATaO3 (A = K, Na) Nanocube Plasmonic Photocatalysts with Enhanced Photocatalytic Water-Splitting Properties

Langmuir

Volumn 31, Issue 35, 2015, Pages 9694-9699

  Xu, Dongbo ^a   Yang, Songbo ^a   Jin, Yu ^a   Chen, Min ^a   Fan, Weiqiang ^a   Luo, Bifu ^a   Shi, Weidong ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT; NARROW BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; PLASMONICS; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

HIGH-ANGLE ANNULAR DARK FIELDS; OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING; PLASMONIC PHOTOCATALYSTS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; SIMULATED SUNLIGHT; UV-VIS DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTRA; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

TANTALUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84941038800     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b01294     Document Type: Article

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