Self-assembly of nitrogen-doped TiO2 with exposed {001} facets on a graphene scaffold as photo-active hybrid nanostructures for reduction of carbon dioxide to methane

Nano Research

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1528-1547

  Ong, Wee Jun ^a   Tan, Lling Lling ^a   Chai, Siang Piao ^a   Yong, Siek Ting ^a   Mohamed, Abdul Rahman ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

acid treated solvent; carbon dioxide reduction; exfoliated graphene; nitrogen doped TiO2; photocatalysis; visible light; 001 facet

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908614456     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0514-z     Document Type: Article

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