Multiwalled carbon nanotube-TiO2 nanocomposite for visible-light-induced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Journal of Nanomaterials

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Dai, Ke ^a   Zhang, Xiaohu ^b   Fan, Ke ^b   Zeng, Peng ^b   Peng, Tianyou ^b  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YARN;

ADSORPTION DESORPTION ISOTHERMS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; OXYGEN CONTAINING GROUPS; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; THERMOGRAVIMETRY ANALYSIS; UV-VIS DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84907402872     PISSN: 16874110     EISSN: 16874129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/694073     Document Type: Article

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