An innovative method to quickly and simply prepare TiO2 nanorod arrays and improve their performance in photo water splitting

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 253, Issue , 2014, Pages 274-280

  Su, Yuh Fan ^a   Lee, Mong Chieh ^a   Wang, Guan Bo ^a   Shih, Yang Hsin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Nanorod array; Nitric acid; Photocatalytic activity; Photocurrent

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; NITRIC ACID; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCURRENTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AMBIENT ATMOSPHERE; ELECTRON TRANSFER; NANO-ROD ARRAYS; NANOPARTICLE FILMS; NANOROD MORPHOLOGIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCY; TIO;

NANORODS;

EID: 84901940891     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.05.076     Document Type: Article

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