Biomineralized N-doped CNT/TiO 2 core/shell nanowires for visible light photocatalysis

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 935-943

  Lee, Won Jun ^a   Lee, Ju Min ^a   Kochuveedu, Saji Thomas ^b   Han, Tae Hee ^a   Jeong, Hu Young ^a   Park, Moonkyu ^a   Yun, Je Moon ^a   Kwon, Joon ^a   No, Kwangsoo ^a   Kim, Dong Ha ^b   Kim, Sang Ouk ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

biomineralization; carbon nanotubes; doping; photocatalysis; TiO 2

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE INTERLAYERS; ADHESIVE LAYERS; AMBIENT PRESSURES; AQUEOUS MEDIA; BAND GAP ENERGY; BIOMIMETIC DEPOSITION; BIOMIMETIC MINERALIZATION; CARBON ENERGY; CORE/SHELL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE TRANSFORMATION; DIRECT CONTACT; ELECTROCONDUCTIVE; ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN; GRAPHITIC CARBONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYBRID STRUCTURE; MATERIAL PROPERTY; N-DOPED; NANOSHELLS; NEUTRAL PH; RUTILE PHASE; STIMULI-RESPONSIVE; SYNERGISTIC PROPERTIES; TIO; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS;

BIOMIMETICS; BIOMINERALIZATION; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOWIRES; OCEAN HABITATS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PROTEINS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; SURFACE TREATMENT;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; CARBON NANOTUBE; MINERAL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CATALYSIS; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; MINERALS; NANOTUBES, CARBON; TITANIUM;

EID: 84856167640     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn204504h     Document Type: Article

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