LiNbO3—A New Material for Artificial Photosynthesis

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1988-1993

  Stock, Matt ^a   Dunn, Steve ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; FORMIC ACID; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LITHIUM NIOBATE; NIOBIUM; OXIDE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GREEN CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; FORMIC ACIDS; GREEN CHEMISTRY TECHNOLOGY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NIOBIUM; OXIDES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SUNLIGHT; TITANIUM; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84856493945     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2011.2042     Document Type: Article

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