Visible light active pure rutile TiO2 photoanodes with 100% exposed pyramid-shaped (111) surfaces

Nano Research

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 762-769

  Liu, Xiaolu ^a   Zhang, Haimin ^a   Yao, Xiangdong ^a   An, Taicheng ^b   Liu, Porun ^a   Wang, Yun ^a   Peng, Feng ^c   Carroll, Anthony R ^a   Zhao, Huijun ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

high energy 111 facets; hydrothermal synthesis; photoelectrocatalysis; visible light activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869885646     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-012-0259-5     Document Type: Article

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