Towards efficient visible-light active photocatalysts: CdS/Au sensitized TiO2 nanotube arrays

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 483, Issue , 2016, Pages 287-294

  Nguyen, VanManh ^a,b   Cai, Qingyun ^a   Grimes, Craig A ^c  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HANOI UNIVERSITY OF INDUSTRY   (Viet Nam)

^c Flux Photon Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

2,4 D; Au; CdS; Photocatalysis; TiO2 nanotube arrays

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENERGY GAP; GOLD; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; YARN;

2,4-D; CARRIER SEPARATION; ION LAYER ADSORPTION; MATERIAL ARCHITECTURE; NANOTUBE ARRAYS; PERFORMANCE COSTS; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCY; VISIBLE LIGHT ACTIVE PHOTOCATALYSTS;

LIGHT;

CADMIUM SULFIDE; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NANOTUBE; QUANTUM DOT; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLE;

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; NANOARRAY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84983558958     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: 10957103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2016.08.042     Document Type: Article

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