Biomimetic fabrication of WO3 for water splitting under visible light with high performance

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Yin, Chao ^a   Zhu, Shenmin ^a   Yao, Fan ^a   Gu, Jiajun ^a   Zhang, Wang ^a   Chen, Zhixin ^b   Zhang, Di ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Butterfly wings; Hierarchical structures; Sol gel; Water spitting

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; CALCINATION; CRYSTALLINITY; FABRICATION; HARVESTING; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; LIGHT; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS;

AVERAGE GRAIN SIZE; BUTTERFLY WINGS; CALCINATION TEMPERATURE; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; HIGH CRYSTALLINITY; LIGHT-HARVESTING; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE;

TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

CRYSTALLIN; OXYGEN; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; LIGHT; NANOFABRICATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 84879427521     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-1812-1     Document Type: Article

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