Synthesis and photocatalytic activity of sea urchin-shaped rutile TiO 2 nanocrystals

Materials Letters

Volumn 65, Issue 19-20, 2011, Pages 3037-3040

  Hayashi, Koichiro ^a   Nakamura, Michihiro ^a   Makita, Yoji ^b   Fujiwara, Rise ^c   Kori, Toshinari ^d   Ishimura, Kazunori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b AIST Shikoku   (Japan)

^c Aichi Industrial Technology Institute   (Japan)

^d Tokushima Prefectural Industrial Technology Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Photocatalytic activity; Rutile; Titania

Indexed keywords

NEEDLE-LIKE; PHOTOACTIVITY; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; RUTILE; RUTILE SINGLE CRYSTALS; RUTILE TIO; TITANIA;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; MAMMALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SHELLFISH; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

OXIDE MINERALS;

EID: 79960217505     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2011.06.044     Document Type: Article

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