Construction of titania-ceria nanostructured composites with tailored heterojunction for photocurrent enhancement

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1523-1535

  Chen, Chun Hsien ^a   Shieh, Jay ^a   Liao, Hua Yang ^b   Shyue, Jing Jong ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ceria; Heterojunction; Nanocomposites; Photoelectrolysis; Titania

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894905800     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2013.12.019     Document Type: Article

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