Photocatalytic activity of MTiO3 (M = Ca, Ni, and Zn) nanocrystals for water decomposition to hydrogen

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1295-1301

  Liu, Shuai ^a   Qu, Yang ^a   Li, Rong ^a   Wang, Guofeng ^a   Li, Ying ^a  

^a HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; NICKEL; PEROVSKITE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINTERING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC;

BRUNAUER EMMETT TELLERS; ORTHORHOMBIC PHASE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; SINTERING TEMPERATURES; SURFACE AREA; SYNTHESIS ROUTE; WATER DECOMPOSITION; WATER SPLITTING;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84903541802     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2014.110     Document Type: Article

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