The green synthesis of Ag/ZnO in montmorillonite with enhanced photocatalytic activity

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 386, Issue , 2016, Pages 33-40

  Sohrabnezhad, Sh ^a   Seifi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Montmorillonite; Photocatalytic activity; Surface plasmon resonance; Transmission electron microscopy; Urtica dioica

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CLAY MINERALS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PLASMONS; REFLECTION; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; GREEN SYNTHESIS; METHYLENE BLUE DYE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; URTICA DIOICA;

SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84991475893     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.05.102     Document Type: Article

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