Effects of acid on the microstructures and properties of three-dimensional TiO2 hierarchical structures by solvothermal method

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Zhou, Jing ^a   Song, Bin ^b   Zhao, Gaoling ^a   Han, Gaorong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acid; Optical properties; Photocatalytic activity; Solvothermal; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANORODS; NITRIC ACID; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANATASE NANOPARTICLES; FAST ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; MICROSTRUCTURES AND PROPERTIES; SCATTERING EFFECTS; SOLVOTHERMAL; SOLVOTHERMAL METHOD; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

TARAXACUM OFFICINALE;

EID: 84861474487     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-217     Document Type: Article

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