Enhanced photocatalytic water splitting activity of carbon-modified TiO 2 composite materials synthesized by a green synthetic approach

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 8257-8267

  Parayil, Sreenivasan Koliyat ^a   Kibombo, Harrison S ^a   Wu, Chia Ming ^a   Peng, Rui ^a   Baltrusaitis, Jonas ^b   Koodali, Ranjit T ^a  

^a W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

^b E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonization; Hydrogen evolution; Photocatalysis; Pyrolysis; Sucrose; TiO 2

Indexed keywords

CARBON LOADINGS; CHARGE CARRIER RECOMBINATION; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE QUENCHING; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; IRRADIATION CONDITIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; PYROLYTIC TREATMENT; SYNTHETIC APPROACH; TIO; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM);

CARBON; CARBONIZATION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; HYDROGEN; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; LOADING; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSISORPTION; PYROLYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SUGAR (SUCROSE); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84860371843     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.02.067     Document Type: Article

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