Modification of anatase using noble-metals (Au, Pt, Ag): Toward a nanoheterojunction exhibiting simultaneously photocatalytic activity and plasmonic gas sensing

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Volumn 218, Issue , 2017, Pages 370-384

  Karmaoui, Mohamed ^a   Lajaunie, Luc ^b   Tobaldi, David Maria ^c   Leonardi, Gianluca ^d   Benbayer, Chahinez ^e   Arenal, Raul ^b,f   Labrincha, João A ^c   Neri, Giovanni ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET DE LA TECHNOLOGIE D ORAN MOHAMED BOUDIAF   (Algeria)

^f FUNDACIÓN ARAID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Formation mechanism; Gas sensing conductometric NO sensor; New non aqueous sol gel process; STEM HAADF XPS photocatalytic activity gas solid phase

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; GAS DETECTORS; GOLD; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALS; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANOMETALLICS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PLATINUM; PRECIOUS METALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; FORMATION MECHANISM; NO SENSOR; NON-AQUEOUS; ORGANO-METALLIC MOLECULES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 85021722923     PISSN: 09263373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.06.010     Document Type: Article

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