Preparation of RuO2/TiO2 mesoporous heterostructures and rationalization of their enhanced photocatalytic properties by band alignment investigations

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 42, 2013, Pages 22098-22110

  Uddin, Md Tamez ^a   Nicolas, Yohann ^a   Olivier, Céline ^a   Toupance, Thierry ^a   Müller, Mathis M ^b   Kleebe, Hans Joachim ^b   Rachut, Karsten ^b   Ziegler, Jürgen ^b   Klein, Andreas ^b   Jaegermann, Wolfram ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BINDING ENERGY; DEGRADATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NANOCATALYSTS; NANOCRYSTALLITES; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; RATE CONSTANTS; SEPARATION; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; VANADIUM METALLOGRAPHY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ANATASE TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; DEGRADATION RATE CONSTANTS; ENERGY-BAND ALIGNMENT; MESOPOROUS NETWORK; PHOTOCATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; UV-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84886695990     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp407539c     Document Type: Article

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