Enhanced optical and photocatalytic properties of Ag quantum dots-sensitized nanostructured TiO2/ZnO heterojunctions

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 688, Issue , 2016, Pages 605-612

  Tao, Jiajia ^a   Gong, Zezhou ^a   Yao, Guang ^a   Cheng, Yunlang ^a   Zhang, Miao ^a   Lv, Jianguo ^b   Shi, Shiwei ^a   He, Gang ^a   Jiang, Xishun ^c   Chen, Xiaoshuang ^d   Sun, Zhaoqi ^a  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEFEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Ag quantum dots; Optical properties; Photocatalyst; TiO2nanorod arrays ZnO nanoparticles heterojunctions; UV light

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; DEGRADATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DEGRADATION MECHANISM; DEGRADATION RATE; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; NANO-ROD ARRAYS; NANOPARTICLE (NPS); NANOSTRUCTURED TIO; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; QUANTUM DOTS SENSITIZED;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84978285774     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.07.074     Document Type: Article

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