Preparation and photoelectrochemical performance of visible-light active AgI/TiO2-NTs composite with rich β-AgI

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 55, Issue 17, 2016, Pages 4897-4904

  Wang, Qi ^a,b   Shi, Xiaodong ^a   Liu, Enqin ^a   Xu, Jianjia ^a   Crittenden, John C ^b   Zhang, Yi ^a   Cong, Yanqing ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG GONGSHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCINATION; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER HALIDES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YARN;

CALCINATION TEMPERATURE; CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; DISSOLUTION PRECIPITATIONS; LINEAR SWEEP VOLTAMMETRY; PHOTOCURRENT RESPONSE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84969165432     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.6b00883     Document Type: Article

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