Enhanced photocatalytic activity of nanoparticle-aggregated ag–agx(X 5 cl, br)@tio2 microspheres under visible light

Nano-Micro Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1-13

  Zhang, Cuiling ^a,b   Hua, Hao ^b   Liu, Jianlin ^b   Han, Xiangyu ^b   Liu, Qipeng ^b   Wei, Zidong ^b   Shao, Chengbin ^a   Hu, Chenguo ^b  

^a CHONGQING TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ag AgX(X = Cl, Br)@TiO2; Methyl orange; Nanoparticleaggregated spheres; Photocatalysis; Visible light

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; LIGHT; METAL NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SILVER HALIDES; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SOLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AG NANOPARTICLE; AGGREGATED SPHERES; DIFFERENT MASS; EXCITED ELECTRONS; FAST ELECTRON TRANSFER; PHOTO-REDUCTION; SIMULATED SUNLIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

EID: 85040013674     PISSN: 23116706     EISSN: 21505551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40820-017-0150-8     Document Type: Article

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