Self-assembled Au/TiO2/CNTs ternary nanocomposites for photocatalytic applications

Science of Advanced Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 503-513

  Zhang, Yu Xin ^a   Gao, Bin ^b   Puma, Gianluca Li ^b   Ray, Ajay K ^c   Zeng, Hua Chun ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Gold nanoparticles; Photo assisted chemical processes; Photocatalysis; Titania

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955693687     PISSN: 19472935     EISSN: 19472943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/sam.2010.1116     Document Type: Article

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