Fabrication and photocatalytic activity of TiO2 nanofibers dispered with silica nanoparticles

Korean Chemical Engineering Research

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 667-671

  Choi, Kwang Il ^a,b   Lee, Woohyoung ^a   Beak, Su Wung ^a   Song, Jinho ^a   Lee, Sukho ^a   Lim, Cheolhyun ^a  

^a Green Energy Institute   (South Korea)

^b School of Materials Science and Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cell; Electrospinning; Nanofiber; Photocatalytic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908138467     PISSN: 0304128X     EISSN: 22339558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9713/kcer.2014.52.5.667     Document Type: Article

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