Synthesis of TiO2@WO3/Au Nanocomposite Hollow Spheres with Controllable Size and High Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Activity

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1581-1590

  Cai, Jiabai ^a,b   Wu, Xueqing ^b   Li, Shunxing ^b   Zheng, Fengying ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MINNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Double shelled nanocomposite; Positively and negatively charged; Visible light driven photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; GOLD; GOLD ALLOYS; GOLD DEPOSITS; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLLUTION; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SPHERES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

HETEROGENEOUS PHOTOCATALYSIS; NANOCOMPOSITE HOLLOW SPHERES; NEGATIVELY CHARGED; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTODEGRADATION ACTIVITY; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT-DRIVEN;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84960172393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b01511     Document Type: Article

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