Fabrication of a direct Z-scheme type WO 3 /Ag 3 PO 4 composite photocatalyst with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic performances

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 393, Issue , 2017, Pages 180-190

  Lu, Jinsuo ^a   Wang, Yujing ^b   Liu, Fei ^a   Zhang, Liang ^a   Chai, Shouning ^a  

^a XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b XI'AN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Nanocomposites; Organic dye degradation; Silver orthophosphate; Z scheme photocatalyst

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AZO DYES; BAND STRUCTURE; DYES; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOCATALYSTS; RATE CONSTANTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER COMPOUNDS; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

DIFFUSE REFLECTION SPECTROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL PURIFICATIONS; ORGANIC DYE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE CARRIERS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE EMISSION; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84990234807     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.10.003     Document Type: Article

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