Mechanism of supported gold nanoparticles as photocatalysts under ultraviolet and visible light irradiation.
Gold nanoparticles strongly absorb both visible light and ultraviolet light to drive an oxidation reaction for a synthetic dye, as well as phenol degradation and selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol under UV light.
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Huaiyong
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School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia. hy.zhu@qut.edu.au
Chen
Xi
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Zheng
Zhanfeng
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Ke
Xuebin
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Jaatinen
Esa
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Zhao
Jincai
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Guo
Cheng
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Xie
Tengfeng
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Wang
Dejun
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