Synthesis and characterization of Ag doped TiO 2 heterojunction films and their photocatalytic performances

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 390, Issue , 2016, Pages 591-601

  Demirci, Selim ^a   Dikici, Tuncay ^b   Yurddaskal, Metin ^c   Gultekin, Serdar ^c,d   Toparli, Mustafa ^c   Celik, Erdal ^c  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b IZMIR KATIP CELEBI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hydrophilicity; Methylene blue (MB); Photocatalytic activity; Silver; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYDROPHILICITY; IMPURITIES; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; IRRADIATION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDES; PHASE STRUCTURE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SOL-GELS; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CRYSTAL PHASE STRUCTURE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; FTIR SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; METHYLENE BLUE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; TITANIUM DIOXIDES (TIO2);

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84985034727     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.08.145     Document Type: Article

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