Plasmon enhanced photocatalytic activity of Au@TiO2-graphene nanocomposite under visible light for degradation of pollutants

Materials Research Bulletin

Volumn 87, Issue , 2017, Pages 40-47

  Ghasemi, S ^a   Hashemian, S J ^a   Alamolhoda, A A ^a   Gocheva, I ^b   Rahman Setayesh, S ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acid blue 92; Au nanoparticles; Graphene; Photocatalyst; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; GOLD; GRAPHENE; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACID BLUE 92; AU NANOPARTICLE; BET SURFACE AREA MEASUREMENT; DEGRADATION OF POLLUTANTS; DEPOSITION PRECIPITATION METHODS; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84995899310     PISSN: 00255408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2016.11.020     Document Type: Article

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