Facile synthesis of hierarchical Ag 3 PO 4 /TiO 2 nanofiber heterostructures with highly enhanced visible light photocatalytic properties

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 355, Issue , 2015, Pages 921-929

  Xie, Jinlei ^a   Yang, Yefeng ^a,b   He, Haiping ^b,c   Cheng, Ding ^a   Mao, Minmin ^c   Jiang, Qinxu ^a   Song, Lixin ^a   Xiong, Jie ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ag 3 PO 4; Heterostructure; TiO 2 nanofiber; Visible light photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT; NANOFIBERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AG3PO4; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOSTRUCTURES; SOLUTION-BASED PROCESS; SYNTHETIC STRATEGIES; TIO2 NANOFIBERS; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS;

BORON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84944318275     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.07.175     Document Type: Article

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