In situ dissolution-diffusion toward homogeneous multiphase Ag/Ag2S@ZnS core-shell heterostructures for enhanced photocatalytic performance

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1667-1675

  Zhu, Ting ^a   Zhang, Chun ^a   Ho, Ghim Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; DISSOLUTION; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); ZINC SULFIDE;

CONTACT INTERFACE; CONVENTIONAL SYNTHESIS; CORE-SHELL HETEROSTRUCTURES; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; HYBRID CORE-SHELL; IN-SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MULTICOMPONENT MATERIALS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84949117766     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp510413b     Document Type: Article

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