Synthesis and characterization of Ag-Ag2O/TiO2@polypyrrole heterojunction for enhanced photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue

Catalysts

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Kumar, Rajeev ^a   El Shishtawy, Reda M ^a,b   Barakat, Mohamed A ^a,c  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^c CENTRAL METALLURGICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE CMRDI   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Ag Ag2O TiO2@polyprrrole heterojunction; Degradation mechanism; Methylene blue; Photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84974602195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/catal6060076     Document Type: Article

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