Photocatalytic release of hydrogen from ammonia borane-complex using Ni(0)-doped TiO2/C electrospun nanofibers

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 410, Issue , 2012, Pages 59-65

  Yousef, Ayman ^a,b   Barakat, Nasser A M ^a,c   Khalil, Khalil Abdelrazek ^d   Unnithan, Afeesh R ^a   Panthi, Gopal ^a   Pant, Bishweshwar ^a   Kim, Hak Yong ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b HELWAN UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Minia University   (Egypt)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Ammonia borane complex; Dye degradation; Electrospinning; Hydrogen release; Metal doped nanofibers; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CALCINATION; DEGRADATION; ELECTROSPINNING; HYDROGEN; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; NICKEL; ORGANOMETALLICS; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AMMONIA BORANE; DOPED-TIO; DYE DEGRADATION; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; HIGH YIELD; HYDROGEN RELEASE; LOW COSTS; METAL OXIDES; METAL-DOPED; METHYLENE BLUE; NICKEL ACETATE TETRAHYDRATE; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHYSIO-CHEMICAL; POLYVINYL PYRROLIDONE; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; TIO; TITANIUM ISOPROPOXIDE;

NANOFIBERS;

AMMONIA; BORANE DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN; NANOFIBER; NICKEL; POVIDONE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM ISOPROPOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ELECTROSPINNING; HYDROLYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84864380881     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2012.06.017     Document Type: Article

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