Modeling the water splitting activity of a TiO2 rutile nanoparticle

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 13384-13393

  Berardo, Enrico ^a   Zwijnenburg, Martijn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDE MINERALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES;

FREE CHARGE CARRIERS; PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING; PROTON REDUCTION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY CALCULATIONS; THERMODYNAMIC DRIVING FORCES; TIME-DEPENDENT DFT; WATER OXIDATION; WATER SPLITTING;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84934938212     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b01512     Document Type: Article

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