Silver-and copper-modified decahedral anatase titania particles as visible light-responsive plasmonic photocatalyst

Journal of Photonics for Energy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Janczarek, Marcin ^a,b   Wei, Zhishun ^a   Endo, Maya ^a   Ohtani, Bunsho ^a   Kowalska, Ewa ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

decahedral anatase particles; facetted anatase; photocatalysis; plasmonic nanoparticles; titania morphology

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DEPOSITION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PLASMONS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ADSORPTION AND REDUCTION; ANATASE PARTICLES; BIMETALLIC PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLE; PLASMONIC PHOTOCATALYSTS; TITANIA; VISIBLE LIGHT RESPONSIVE;

SILVER;

EID: 84989162845     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19477988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JPE.7.012008     Document Type: Article

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