Ag-Modified BiOCl Single-Crystal Nanosheets: Dependence of Photocatalytic Performance on the Region-Selective Deposition of Ag Nanoparticles

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 121, Issue 24, 2017, Pages 13191-13201

  Yu, Huogen ^a,b   Cao, Cong ^b   Wang, Xuefei ^b   Yu, Jiaguo ^b  

^a Wuhan University of Technology   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ELECTRONS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSHEETS; PRECIOUS METALS; SINGLE CRYSTAL SURFACES; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

DEPOSITION METHODS; DIRECT REDUCTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC DEPOSITION; PHOTOCATALYTIC MATERIALS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; REGION-SELECTIVE DEPOSITION; SELECTIVE DEPOSITION;

SILVER;

EID: 85021684285     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b03213     Document Type: Article

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