Photocatalysis with hybrid co-coated WS2 nanotubes

Nanomaterials and Energy

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-34

  Tsverin, Y ^a   Livneh, T ^a   Rosentsveig, R ^a   Zak, A ^b   Pinkas, I ^a   Tenne, R ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b HOLON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hybrid materials and structures; Nanomaterial; Photosynthesis; Semiconductors

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; COBALT METALLOGRAPHY; HYBRID MATERIALS; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTUBES; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION; HYBRID NANOSTRUCTURES; INORGANIC FULLERENES; PHOTOCATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIVITY; PHOTOCATALYTIC TREATMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR METALS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS;

COBALT;

EID: 84875665811     PISSN: 20459831     EISSN: 2045984X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/nme.12.00019     Document Type: Article

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