Metal oxide mesocrystals with tailored structures and properties for energy conversion and storage applications

NPG Asia Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Tachikawa, Takashi ^a,b   Majima, Tetsuro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Energy storage; Mesocrystal; Metal oxide; Photocatalysis; Solar energy conversion; Superstructure

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY STORAGE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SOLAR ENERGY;

ELECTRONIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGES; MESOCRYSTAL; METAL OXIDES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; RESEARCH AND APPLICATION; STRUCTURES AND PROPERTIES; SUPERSTRUCTURE;

METALLIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84901284007     PISSN: 18844049     EISSN: 18844057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/am.2014.21     Document Type: Review

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