Rational Electron Transmission Structure in an Ag 2 O/TiO 2 (anatase-B) System for Effective Enhancement of Visible Light Photocatalytic Activity

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 1817-1827

  Chen, Lin ^a,b   Hua, Hao ^a   Yang, Qi ^d   Liu, Jianlin ^a   Han, Xiangyu ^a   Li, Yanrong ^a   Zhang, Cuiling ^c   Wang, Xue ^a   Hu, Chenguo ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c CHONGQING TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d RESEARCH CENTER OF LASER FUSION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; BAND STRUCTURE; ELECTRONS; EXCITONS; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MICROSPHERES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SILVER OXIDES; SOL-GELS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

DEGRADATION OF METHYL ORANGES; ELECTRON TRANSMISSION; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; SOLVOTHERMAL METHOD; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

BORON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85060041110     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b09783     Document Type: Article

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