Nano-/microstructure improved photocatalytic activities of semiconductors

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 371, Issue 2000, 2013, Pages

  Zhao, Tianyi ^a   Zhao, Yong ^a   Jiang, Lei ^a,b  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Nano microstructure; Photocatalysis; Semiconductor; Structure related properties

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ENVIRONMENTAL PURIFICATIONS; NANO-/MICROSTRUCTURE; PHOTOCATALYST MATERIALS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCATALYTIC MATERIALS; STRUCTURE-RELATED; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE;

PHOTOCATALYSIS;

NANOPARTICLE;

CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LIGHT; NANO-/MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR; STRUCTURE-RELATED PROPERTIES; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

NANO-/MICROSTRUCTURE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR; STRUCTURE-RELATED PROPERTIES;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LIGHT; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 84884833843     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2012.0303     Document Type: Review

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