High visible-light photocatalytic hydrogen evolution of C,N-codoped mesoporous TiO2 nanoparticles prepared via an ionic-liquidtemplate approach

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 32, 2013, Pages 13856-13865

  Liu, Shou Heng ^a   Syu, Han Ren ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

C,N codoping; Mesoporous; Photocatalytic; Self assembly; Task specific ionic liquid; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; IONIC LIQUIDS; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NITROGEN; SELF ASSEMBLY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CO-DOPING; MESOPOROUS; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; TASK-SPECIFIC IONIC LIQUIDS; WATER SPLITTING;

LIGHT;

EID: 84885420291     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.08.094     Document Type: Article

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