Effect of dimensionality on the photocatalytic behavior of carbon-titania nanosheet composites: Charge transfer at nanomaterial interfaces

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1760-1765

  Liang, Yu Teng ^a   Vijayan, Baiju K ^a   Lyandres, Olga ^a   Gray, Kimberly A ^a   Hersam, Mark C ^a,b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOMATERIALS; COMPOSITE PHOTOCATALYSTS; ELECTRONIC COUPLING; ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; KEY FACTORS; LOW CARBON; NANOMATERIAL; OPTO-ELECTRONIC STRUCTURES; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTO-REDUCTION; PHOTOACTIVITY; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; TITANIA; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATIONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHARGE TRANSFER; DEFECT DENSITY; GRAPHENE; NANOSHEETS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOSENSITIZERS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84863620893     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz300491s     Document Type: Article

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