Facile and green synthesis of titanate nanotube/graphene nanocomposites for photocatalytic H2 generation from water

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 9178-9185

  Dang, Haifeng ^a   Dong, Xinfa ^a   Dong, Yingchao ^b   Huang, Jiasheng ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Alkaline hydrothermal; Graphene; H 2 generation; Photocatalysts; Titanate nanotubes

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE HYDROTHERMAL; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; H 2 GENERATION; HYDROTHERMAL REACTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE EMISSION; TITANATE NANOTUBES;

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; PHOTOCATALYSTS; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NANOTUBES;

EID: 84879984431     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.05.061     Document Type: Article

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