Direct Growth of ZnO Nanocrystals onto the Surface of Porous TiO 2 Nanotube Arrays for Highly Efficient and Recyclable Photocatalysts

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Volumn 5, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 2260-2264

  Yang, Hui Ying ^a   Yu, Siu Fung ^a   Lau, Shu Ping ^b   Zhang, Xiwang ^c   Sun, Darren Delai ^c   Jun, Guo ^d  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Nanocrystals; Nanotubes; Photocatalysis; Titanium oxide; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

CONTACT AREAS; DIRECT GROWTH; HIGH EFFICIENCY; MULTIPLE PATHWAYS; NANOTUBE ARRAYS; PHOTOCATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION; POROUS TIO; SURFACE AREA; TIO2 NANOTUBE ARRAYS; VERTICALLY ALIGNED NANOTUBE ARRAYS; ZNO NANOCRYSTAL;

HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOTUBES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

TITANIUM OXIDES;

NANOPARTICLE; NANOTUBE; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 70350450583     PISSN: 16136810     EISSN: 16136829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smll.200900724     Document Type: Article

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