A Facile Electrochemical Approach to Form TiO2/Ag Heterostructure Films with Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 107-115

  Lv, Xiang ^a   Gao, Fengquan ^a   Yang, Yong ^a   Wang, Tianhe ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ELECTRODEPOSITION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; REDUCTION; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SILVER; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTRA; HIGH TEMPERATURE BINDER; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; POROUS NANOSTRUCTURES; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; TRANSIENT PHOTOCURRENTS;

FILM PREPARATION;

EID: 84954434176     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.5b02867     Document Type: Article

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