Branch density-controlled synthesis of hierarchical TiO2 nanobelt and tunable three-step electron transfer for enhanced photocatalytic property

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 10044-10059

  Sarkar, Debabrata ^a   Chattopadhyay, Kalyan Kumar ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

branched nanobelts; charge transfer; nucleation theory; phocatalysis; Raman spectra

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; DEPOSITION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; NANOBELTS; NUCLEATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; RAMAN SCATTERING;

CHEMICAL BATH DEPOSITION TECHNIQUE; CLASSICAL NUCLEATION THEORY; DENSITY-CONTROLLED SYNTHESIS; NUCLEATION THEORY; PHOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; TIO; ULTRAFAST ELECTRON TRANSFER;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84904103059     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am502379q     Document Type: Article

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