Fabrication of graphene oxide enwrapped Z-scheme Ag 2 SO 3 /AgBr nanoparticles with enhanced visible-light photocatalysis

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 396, Issue , 2017, Pages 48-57

  Wan, Yujuan ^a   Liang, Chunyan ^a   Xia, Yue ^a   Huang, Wei ^a   Li, Zelin ^a  

^a HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ag 2 SO 3; Graphene oxide; Visible light photocatalysis; Z scheme

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AZO DYES; COMPLEXATION; COMPOSITE FILMS; DYES; FABRICATION; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; LIGHT; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PLASMONICS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REUSABILITY; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS; SILVER HALIDES;

AG2SO3; DEGRADATION OF METHYL ORANGES; MORPHOLOGY AND COMPOSITION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; TRANSFORMATION REACTIONS; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS; Z-SCHEME;

BROMINE COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84995675881     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.10.189     Document Type: Article

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