Fabrication of In2O3-Ag-Ag3PO4 composites with Z-scheme configuration for photocatalytic ethylene degradation under visible light irradiation

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 320, Issue , 2017, Pages 644-652

  Chen, Xuxing ^a,b   Li, Rong ^b   Pan, Xiaoyang ^b   Huang, Xintang ^a   Yi, Zhiguo ^b,c  

^a CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUJIAN INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH ON THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Ag3PO4; Ethylene; In2O3; Photocatalysis; Z scheme

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; LIGHT; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; IN-SITU SYNTHESIS; MATERIAL DESIGNS; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOSTABILIZATION; POTENTIAL VALUES; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; Z-SCHEME;

SILVER;

EID: 85016005344     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2017.03.072     Document Type: Article

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