Bacteria-directed construction of hollow TiO2 micro/nanostructures with enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 102, 2012, Pages A340-A350

  Zhou, Han ^a   Fan, Tongxiang ^a   Ding, Jian ^a   Zhang, Di ^a   Guo, Qixin ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; HYDROGEN; SOL-GEL PROCESS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; CATALYST ACTIVITY;

BIOTEMPLATES; CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; FORMATION MECHANISM; FUNCTIONAL CELLS; GENERAL METHOD; HOLLOW CAVITIES; HOLLOW SPHERE; HOLLOW STRUCTURE; HOLLOW TUBE; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION RATE; LIGHT HARVESTING PROPERTIES; METAL ALKOXIDES; MICRO/NANOSTRUCTURES; NANO-VOIDS; OXIDE LAYER; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; SACRIFICIAL REAGENT; STRUCTURAL EFFECT; SUBSEQUENT HYDROLYSIS; TIO; UV AND VISIBLE LIGHT; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTRA; POROUS TIO;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

HYDROGEN; NANOMATERIAL; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POROSITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADSORPTION; BACTERIA; CATALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; HYDROGEN; NANOSTRUCTURES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POROSITY; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TITANIUM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84858986282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.00A340     Document Type: Article

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