Shape-dependent acidity and photocatalytic activity of Nb 2O 5 nanocrystals with an active TT (001) surface

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 51, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 3846-3849

  Zhao, Yun ^a,b   Eley, Clive ^a   Hu, Jingping ^a   Foord, John S ^a   Ye, Lin ^c   He, Heyong ^c   Tsang, Shik Chi Edman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

decomposition; Lewis acids; methylene blue; nanomaterials; photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL STABILITIES; LEWIS ACID; METHYLENE BLUE; NANOMATERIAL; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOACTIVITY; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; SURFACE ACIDITY; SURFACE AREA;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DECOMPOSITION; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NIOBIUM OXIDE; PHOTOCATALYSIS;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84859735143     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201108580     Document Type: Article

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