Efficiently Enhancing Visible Light Photocatalytic Activity of Faceted TiO2 Nanocrystals by Synergistic Effects of Core-Shell Structured Au@CdS Nanoparticles and Their Selective Deposition

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 33, 2016, Pages 21326-21333

  Tong, Ruifeng ^a   Liu, Chang ^a   Xu, Zhenkai ^a   Kuang, Qin ^a   Xie, Zhaoxiong ^a   Zheng, Lansun ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Au@CdS nanoparticles; charge separation; H2 evolution; selective deposition; TiO2; visible light photocatalytic activity

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; COMPLEXATION; DEPOSITION; GOLD; GOLD DEPOSITS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS;

CDS NANOPARTICLES; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; H2 EVOLUTION; SELECTIVE DEPOSITION; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

LIGHT;

EID: 84983525869     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b05563     Document Type: Article

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