Visible light-driven photocatalysis of doped SrTiO3 tubular structure

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 102, 2012, Pages A351-A359

  Shi, Jinwen ^a   Shen, Shaohua ^a,b   Chen, Yubin ^a   Guo, Liejin ^a   Mao, Samuel S ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; METHANOL; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOELECTRONS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

AQUEOUS METHANOL SOLUTIONS; CO-DOPED; CRIII IONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; HYDROGEN REDUCTION; NON-RADIATIVE RECOMBINATIONS; OXIDATION STATE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; SRTIO; TUBULAR STRUCTURES; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPIES (XPS);

STRONTIUM TITANATES;

EID: 84858992552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.00A351     Document Type: Article

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