Crystal-plane-dependent etching of cuprous oxide nanoparticles of varied shapes and their application in visible light photocatalysis

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 46, 2013, Pages 24640-24653

  Pal, Jaya ^a   Ganguly, Mainak ^a   Mondal, Chanchal ^a   Roy, Anindita ^a   Negishi, Yuichi ^b   Pal, Tarasankar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; OCTAHEDRAL MORPHOLOGY; OXALIC ACID SOLUTION; OXIDATIVE DISSOLUTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; SHAPE TRANSFORMATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS;

AZO DYES; DISSOLUTION; GEOMETRY; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC ACIDS; OXALIC ACID; PHOTOCATALYSIS; REDUCING AGENTS;

ETCHING;

EID: 84888606870     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp409271r     Document Type: Article

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