A facile strategy to fabricate plasmonic Cu modified TiO2 nano-flower films for photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to methanol

Materials Research Bulletin

Volumn 68, Issue , 2015, Pages 203-209

  Liu, Enzhou ^a   Qi, Lulu ^a   Bian, Juanjuan ^a   Chen, Yihan ^a   Hu, Xiaoyun ^a   Fan, Jun ^a   Liu, Hanchen ^b   Zhu, Changjun ^b   Wang, Qiuping ^b  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Nanostructures; A. Semiconductors; A. Thin films; B. Optical properties; D. Catalytic properties

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHARGE TRANSFER; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LIGHT; NANOFLOWERS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMONS; QUENCHING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; CHARGE TRANSFER PROPERTIES; FLUORESCENCE QUENCHING; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; MICROWAVE ASSISTED REDUCTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC REDUCTION OF CO; UV AND VISIBLE LIGHT;

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EID: 84926152603     PISSN: 00255408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2015.03.064     Document Type: Article

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