Photocatalytic Mechanisms and Reaction Pathways Drawn from Kinetic and Probe Molecules

Photocatalysis and Water Purification: From Fundamentals to Recent Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 53-72

  Minero, Claudio ^a   Maurino, Valter ^a   Vione, Davide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Back reaction; Bulk recombination; Current doubling; Interfacial hole transfer; Kinetic models; Photocatalytic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885520560     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527645404.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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