Turning into the blue: Materials for enhancing TiO2 photocatalysis by up-conversion photonics

RSC Advances

Volumn 3, Issue 45, 2013, Pages 23028-23034

  Mendez Ramos J ^a   Acosta Mora, P ^a   Ruiz Morales, J C ^a   Hernandez T ^a   Borges, M E ^a   Esparza, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCIDENT RADIATION; LONG WAVELENGTH; LUMINESCENT MATERIAL; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOLYTIC DEGRADATIONS; POWDER MATERIAL; SEMICONDUCTOR ELECTRODE; WATER SPLITTING;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; INFRARED RADIATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; WATER POLLUTION;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84886827953     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3ra44342f     Document Type: Article

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