Hydrogen treatment-improved uniform deposition of ag nanoparticles on zno nanorod arrays and their visible-light photocatalytic and surface-enhanced raman scattering properties

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lin, Sio Le ^a   Hsu, Kai Chih ^a   Hsu, Chih Hsiung ^a   Chen, Dong Hwang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ag nanoparticles; Hydrogen treatment; Photocatalytic; Surface enhanced raman scattering; ZnO nanorod arrays

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; DEPOSITION; EFFICIENCY; HEAT TREATMENT; HYDROGEN; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RAMAN SCATTERING; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; ZINC OXIDE;

AFTER-HEAT TREATMENT; CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; HYDROGEN TREATMENTS; INITIAL DYE CONCENTRATION; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS); ZNO NANOROD ARRAYS;

SURFACE SCATTERING;

EID: 85029749118     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-325     Document Type: Article

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