One-pot synthesis of Au@TiO2 yolk-shell nanoparticles with enhanced photocatalytic activity under visible light

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 505, Issue , 2017, Pages 884-891

  Sun, Hang ^a   He, Qinrong ^a   She, Ping ^a   Zeng, Shan ^a   Xu, Kongliang ^a   Li, Jiayi ^a   Liang, Song ^a   Liu, Zhenning ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antireflection; Nanohybrid; Photocatalysis; Titania TiO2; Yolk shell

Indexed keywords

DYES; LIGHT; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; REFLECTION; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ANTI-REFLECTION; MULTIPLE REFLECTIONS; NANO HYBRIDS; NATURAL BIOLOGICAL SYSTEM; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; SHELL NANOPARTICLES; TITANIA; YOLK-SHELL;

GOLD;

NANOMATERIAL; RHODAMINE B; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LIGHT; ONE POT SYNTHESIS; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE AREA; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 85021643075     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: 10957103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.06.072     Document Type: Article

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