Highly efficient photoelectrochemical performance of SrTiO 3/TiO2 heterojunction nanotube array thin film

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Yan ^a   Bu, Yuyu ^b   Yu, Jianqiang ^a,c   Li, Ping ^a  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c LANZHOU INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon steel; Cathodic protection; Photoelectrochemistry

Indexed keywords

CARBON STEEL; CATHODIC PROTECTION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOTUBES; OXIDE MINERALS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRONTIUM TITANATES; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CURRENT CONVERSION; ELECTRO-CHEMICAL ANODIZATION; HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENTS; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE SOLUTION; WHITE LIGHT IRRADIATION; WHITE-LIGHT ILLUMINATION;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY;

SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ILLUMINATION; NANOFABRICATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84878010369     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-1717-z     Document Type: Article

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