Double-wall TiO2 nanotube arrays: Enhanced photocatalytic activity and in situ TEM observations at high temperature

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 19924-19932

  Xue, Chaorui ^a   Narushima, Takashi ^a,c   Ishida, Yohei ^a   Tokunaga, Tomoharu ^b   Yonezawa, Tetsu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anodization; In situ TEM; Nanotube; Photocatalysis; Self assembly; Titanium oxide

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTES; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FRACTURE MECHANICS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOTUBES; OXIDE MINERALS; OXYGEN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SINTERING; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM METALLOGRAPHY; TITANIUM OXIDES;

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; ANODIZATIONS; HIGH-VACUUM CONDITIONS; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; IN-SITU TEM; PLATINUM NANO-PARTICLES; SINGLE-WALL STRUCTURES; TIO2 NANOTUBE ARRAYS;

PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

EID: 84914679943     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am505333v     Document Type: Article

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