Ag/AgxH3-xPMo12O40 nanowires with enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalytic performance

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 422-430

  Shi, Hong Fei ^a   Yan, Gang ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a   Tan, Hua Qiao ^a   Zhou, Wen Zhe ^a   Ma, Yuan Yuan ^a   Li, Yang Guang ^a   Chen, Weilin ^a   Wang, En Bo ^a  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ag; Nanowires; Photodegradation; Photoreduction; Polyoxometalates

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOWIRES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; PHOTODEGRADATION; PLASMONICS; POLYOXOMETALATES; SILVER; SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

DEGRADATION OF METHYL ORANGES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; INORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHOTO-REDUCTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOGENERATED HOLES; PHOTOINDUCED ELECTRONS; TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS;

SILVER METALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 85016319439     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b13009     Document Type: Article

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