Deposition of Ag nanoparticles on g-C3N4 nanosheet by N,N-dimethylformamide: Soft synthesis and enhanced photocatalytic activity

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 29, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 2170-2178

  Lü, Xiaomeng ^a   Shen, Jiayu ^a   Wu, Ziwei ^a   Wang, Jiaxi ^a   Xie, Jimin ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ag; catalytic; chemical synthesis

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; COMPLEXATION; DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CATALYTIC; DECOLORIZATION OF METHYL ORANGES; ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; HOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

SILVER;

EID: 85027948058     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2014.223     Document Type: Article

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