Titanium Dioxide Microsphere-Derived Materials for Solar Fuel Hydrogen Generation

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 779-791

  Yan, Kai ^a   Wu, Guosheng ^b  

^a Brown University   (United States)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydrogen evolution; Microsphere; Photocatalytic; Synthesis; Template; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FUEL ECONOMY; FUELS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDES; PORE SIZE; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; FUTURE PERSPECTIVES; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; LOW-CARBON EMISSIONS; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; TEMPLATE;

MICROSPHERES;

EID: 84929600788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b00154     Document Type: Review

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