Elucidating ionic liquid environments that affect the morphology of tio2 nanocrystals: A DFT+ D study

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 40, 2014, Pages 23320-23327

  Qi, Kezhen ^a,b,e   Li, Di ^a,b   Fu, Jiaqi ^c   Zhu, Lianjie ^d   Duan, Xiaochuan ^a,b   Qin, Qing ^a,b   Wang, Guichang ^a   Zheng, Wenjun ^a,b  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering ^*  (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e SHENYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID ENVIRONMENT; TIO;

EID: 84908124684     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp503891s     Document Type: Article

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