A facile low-temperature approach to designing controlled amorphous-based titania composite photocatalysts with excellent noble-metal-free photocatalytic hydrogen production

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 4743-4751

  Guo, Si Yao ^a,b   Han, Song ^b   Chi, Bo ^a   Pu, Jian ^a   Li, Jian ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

amorphous based; noble metal free; pH value; water splitting

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PH; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PRECIOUS METALS; TEMPERATURE;

AMORPHOUS-BASED; COMPOSITE PHOTOCATALYSTS; NOBLE-METAL-FREE; PH VALUE; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC SYSTEMS; SYNTHESIS CONDITIONS; WATER SPLITTING;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84898463286     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am4054095     Document Type: Article

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