Direct evidence and enhancement of surface plasmon resonance effect on Ag-loaded TiO 2 nanotube arrays for photocatalytic CO 2 reduction

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 434, Issue , 2018, Pages 423-432

  Low, Jingxiang ^a   Qiu, Shuoqi ^a   Xu, Difa ^a   Jiang, Chuanjia ^a   Cheng, Bei ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

CO 2 reduction; Photocatalysis; Silver; Surface plasmon resonance; TiO 2

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HOT ELECTRONS; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOTUBES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTONS; PLASMONICS; PLASMONS; REDUCTION; SILVER; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; YARN;

CO2 REDUCTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION METHODS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; SOLAR CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE EFFECTS; SYNCHRONOUS ILLUMINATION; TIO2; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRONS;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 85032506647     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.10.194     Document Type: Article

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