In situ Oxidation and Self-Assembly Synthesis of Dumbbell-like α-Fe2O3/Ag/AgX (X = Cl, Br, I) Heterostructures with Enhanced Photocatalytic Properties

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1521-1530

  Sun, Lingling ^a   Wu, Wei ^a,b   Tian, Qingyong ^a   Lei, Mei ^a   Liu, Jun ^a   Xiao, Xiangheng ^a   Zheng, Xudong ^a   Ren, Feng ^a   Jiang, Changzhong ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dumbbell like structure; Noble metal; Photocatalytic activity; Silver halides

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CORE SHELL NANOPARTICLES; DEGRADATION; HEMATITE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; IRRADIATION; METAL HALIDES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PRECIOUS METALS; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SILVER HALIDES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

DUMBBELL-LIKE STRUCTURES; EXCELLENT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; INTERFACIAL CHARGE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; SELF ASSEMBLY PROCESS; SELF-ASSEMBLY SYNTHESIS;

BORON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84960108453     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b01473     Document Type: Article

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