Electrospun SrTiO3 nanofibers for photocatalytic hydrogen generation

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 123-130

  MacAraig, Lea ^a   Chuangchote, Surawut ^b   Sagawa, Takashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Catalytic; H; Nanostructure

Indexed keywords

GAS ABSORPTION; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NANOFIBERS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CATALYTIC; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING; H; MESOPOROUS STRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN; PHOTOELECTRON YIELD SPECTROSCOPY; UV-VISIBLE SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ELECTROSPUNS; SRTIO;

STRONTIUM TITANATES; NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 84896471168     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2013.259     Document Type: Article

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