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Article citation: Huaiyong Zhu, Chem. Commun., 2009, DOI: 10.1039/b917052a

Mechanism of supported gold nanoparticles as photocatalysts under ultraviolet and visible light irradiation

Huaiyong Zhu, Xi Chen, Zhanfeng Zheng, Xuebin Ke, Esa Jaatinen, Jincai Zhao, Cheng Guo, Tengfeng Xie and Dejun Wang

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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