Ta 3 N 5 -Pt nonwoven cloth with hierarchical nanopores as efficient and easily recyclable macroscale photocatalysts

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Li, Shijie ^a   Zhang, Lisha ^a   Wang, Huanli ^a   Chen, Zhigang ^a   Hu, Junqing ^a   Xu, Kaibing ^a   Liu, Jianshe ^a  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOFIBER; TANTALUM; WATER POLLUTANT;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; LIGHT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; WATER POLLUTANT;

CATALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; LIGHT; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOFIBERS; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; TANTALUM; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84893833551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03978     Document Type: Article

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