Photocatalytic growth of Ag nanocrystals on hydrothermally synthesized multiphasic TiO 2 /reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanocomposites and their SERS performance

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 423, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-12

  Guo, Tian Long ^a,b,c   Li, Ji Guang ^a,b,c   Sun, Xudong ^a,b,d   Sakka, Yoshio ^c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d DALIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ag nanocrystal; Graphene; Hydrothermal; Photocatalysis; Surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS); Titania

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GRAPHENE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; RAMAN SCATTERING; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE SCATTERING; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UREA;

AG NANOCRYSTALS; CETYLTRIMETHYLAMMONIUM BROMIDE; HYDROTHERMAL; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; HYDROTHERMALLY SYNTHESIZED; MORPHOLOGY EVOLUTION; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS); TITANIA;

SILVER;

EID: 85020863077     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.06.151     Document Type: Article

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