Synthesis of spherical Ag/ZnO heterostructural composites with excellent photocatalytic activity under visible light and UV irradiation

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 355, Issue , 2015, Pages 644-652

  Liu, Hairui ^a   Hu, Yanchun ^a   Zhang, Zhuxia ^b   Liu, Xuguang ^b   Jia, Husheng ^b   Xu, Bingshe ^b  

^a HENAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ag ZnO microspheres; Photocatalysis; Plasmatic effects; Visible light

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STABILITY; COMPLEXATION; DEGRADATION; ELECTRONS; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; MICROSPHERES; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLASMONS; REUSABILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

EXCELLENT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PLASMATIC EFFECTS; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SURFACE PLASMON ABSORPTION; UV-VISIBLE ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84944324662     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.07.012     Document Type: Article

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