On the mechanism of enhanced photocatalytic activity of composite TiO2/carbon nanofilms

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 337-342

  Sellappan, Raja ^a   Galeckas, Augustinas ^b   Venkatachalapathy, Vishnukanthan ^b   Kuznetsov, Andrej Yu ^b   Chakarov, Dinko ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Charge carriers lifetime; Charge transfer mechanism; Photocatalysis; Photoluminescence; TiO2 carbon composites

Indexed keywords

CARBON SYSTEMS; CARRIER LEAKAGE; CHARGE TRANSFER MECHANISM; GRAPHITIC CARBONS; LIFE-TIMES; NANO FILMS; NON-RADIATIVE RECOMBINATIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE INTENSITIES; SPACE LAYER; TIO;

CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; CARBON FILMS; CHARGE CARRIERS; CHARGE TRANSFER; COMPLEXATION; ION EXCHANGE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 79960842797     PISSN: 09263373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2011.05.036     Document Type: Article

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