Nitrogen-doped anatase nanofibers decorated with noble metal nanoparticles for photocatalytic production of hydrogen

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 5025-5030

  Wu, Ming Chung ^a,c   Hiltunen, Jussi ^a   Sápi, András ^b   Avila, Anna ^a   Larsson, William ^e   Liao, Hsueh Chung ^c   Huuhtanen, Mika ^a   Tóth, Géza ^a   Shchukarev, Andrey ^e   Laufer, Noémi ^a   Kukovecz, Ákos ^a   Kónya, Zoltán ^a   Mikkola, Jyri Pekka ^b,e   Keiski, Riitta ^a   Su, Wei Fang ^c   Chen, Yang Fang ^d   Jantunen, Heli ^a   Ajayan, Pulickel M ^e   Vajtai, Robert ^e   Kordás, Krisztián ^a,d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c LABORATORY OF INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY AND REACTION ENGINEERING   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

hydrogen production; nanowire; nitrogen doped anatase; photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; ETHANOL; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MIXTURES; NANOFIBERS; NANOWIRES; NITROGEN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PLATINUM; PRECIOUS METALS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ETHANOL WATER MIXTURES; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; NITROGEN-DOPED; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN; TITANATE NANOFIBER; WATER ETHANOL MIXTURES;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

ALCOHOL; HYDROGEN; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOFIBER; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; TIME; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CATALYSIS; ETHANOL; HYDROGEN; LIGHT; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOFIBERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PALLADIUM; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLATINUM; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER;

EID: 79959793399     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn201111j     Document Type: Article

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