Mechanism of strong visible light photocatalysis by Ag2O-nanoparticle-decorated monoclinic TiO2(B) porous nanorods

Nanotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 31, 2016, Pages

  Paul, Kamal Kumar ^a   Ghosh, Ramesh ^a   Giri, P K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

photoluminescence lifetime; TiO2(B) Ag2O heterostructure; visible light photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AZO DYES; CATALYSIS; DEGRADATION; DYES; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ENERGY GAP; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; RATE CONSTANTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SILVER OXIDES; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

FIRST-ORDER DEGRADATION RATES; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE LIFETIME; RECOMBINATION DYNAMICS; TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS;

SILVER;

EID: 84978823400     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/31/315703     Document Type: Article

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