Photocatalytic deposition of Ag nanoparticles on TiO2: Metal precursor effect on the structural and photoactivity properties

Journal of Saudi Chemical Society

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 563-573

  Albiter, E ^a,c   Valenzuela, M A ^a   Alfaro, S ^a   Valverde Aguilar, G ^b   Martinez Pallares F M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ag nanoparticles; Ag2O heterojunction; Silver acetylacetonate; Silver nitrate; Silver perchlorate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941315888     PISSN: 13196103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jscs.2015.05.009     Document Type: Article

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