Sub-10 nm rutile titanium dioxide nanoparticles for efficient visible-light-driven photocatalytic hydrogen production

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Li, Landong ^a,b   Yan, Junqing ^a,b   Wang, Tuo ^a,c   Zhao, Zhi Jian ^a,c   Zhang, Jian ^d   Gong, Jinlong ^a,c   Guan, Naijia ^a,b  

^a Chemical Engineering Research Center   (China)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NINGBO INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; TITANIUM DERIVATIVE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM(III); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CATALYSIS; DESIGN METHOD; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEN; NANOPARTICLE; PARTICLE SIZE; RUTILE; TITANIUM; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

ARTICLE; HYDROLYSIS; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; NANOCATALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84923330638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6881     Document Type: Article

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