Enhanced photocatalytic activity of TiO2 nanorod arrays decorated with CdSe using an upconversion TiO2:Yb3+,Er3+ thin film

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 659-665

  Fu, Ke ^a   Huang, Jinzhao ^a   Yao, Nannan ^a   Xu, Xijin ^a   Wei, Mingzhi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JINAN   (China)

^b QILU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXATION; ELECTRONS; ERBIUM; LIGHT; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANORODS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; THIN FILMS; TIN OXIDES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; YTTERBIUM;

COMPOSITE PHOTOCATALYSTS; ELECTRON-HOLE RECOMBINATION; EXCELLENT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 84921646148     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie504204z     Document Type: Article

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