Effective charge separation in the rutile TiO2 nanorod-coupled α -Fe2 O3 with exceptionally high visible activities

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Luan, Peng ^a   Xie, Mingzheng ^a   Liu, Dening ^a   Fu, Xuedong ^a   Jing, Liqiang ^a  

^a HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRIC ION; FERRIC OXIDE; NANOTUBE; POLLUTANT; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER;

CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOLYSIS; POLLUTANT; SOLAR ENERGY;

ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; NANOTUBES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOLYSIS; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM; WATER;

EID: 84906689759     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06180     Document Type: Article

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