Fabrication of CPAN/Ag/AgCl composites and their efficient visible-light photocatalytic activity

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 702, Issue , 2017, Pages 585-593

  Li, Xueyan ^a   Wu, Di ^a   Luo, Qingzhi ^a   Yin, Rong ^a   An, Jing ^a   Liu, Sijie ^a   Wang, Desong ^a,b  

^a HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ag nanoparticles; AgCl; Cyclization; Photocatalyst; Polyacrylonitrile

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; COMPLEXATION; CYCLIZATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYACRYLONITRILES; RATE CONSTANTS; RHODAMINE B; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SILVER HALIDES; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

AG NANOPARTICLE; AGCL; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTRA; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

EID: 85011392088     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.01.289     Document Type: Article

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