Visible-Light-Active Plasmonic Ag-SrTiO3 Nanocomposites for the Degradation of NO in Air with High Selectivity

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 4165-4174

  Zhang, Qian ^a   Huang, Yu ^a   Xu, Lifeng ^a   Cao, Jun Ji ^a   Ho, Wingkei ^b   Lee, Shun Cheng ^c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Ag SrTiO3 nanocomposites; air pollution control; NO removal; photocatalysis; plasmonic effect

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICALS; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PLASMONS; POLLUTION CONTROL; SOLAR ENERGY; STRONTIUM ALLOYS; STRONTIUM TITANATES;

NO REMOVAL; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PLASMONIC EFFECTS; SRTIO; VISIBLE-LIGHT ACTIVITY; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT-DRIVEN;

SILVER;

EID: 84959016938     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b11887     Document Type: Article

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