WO3 nanoparticles anchored on titania nanotube films as efficient photoanodes

Surface Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 259-264

  Momeni, M M ^a   Ghayeb, Y ^a   Davarzadeh, M ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anodisation; Chemical bath deposition; Film; Nanoparticles; Nanotubes; Water pollutant; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

CRACKING (CHEMICAL); DEPOSITION; FILMS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; POLLUTION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TUNGSTEN; WATER POLLUTION; YARN;

ANODISATION; CHEMICAL BATH DEPOSITION TECHNIQUE; CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; TITANIA NANOTUBE ARRAYS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SPLITTING;

NANOTUBES;

EID: 84929582280     PISSN: 02670844     EISSN: 17432944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743294414Y.0000000450     Document Type: Article

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