Roles of Crystal Surface in Pt-Loaded Titania for Photocatalytic Conversion of Organic Pollutants: A First-Principle Theoretical Calculation

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 12671-12678

  Chen, Jie Jie ^a   Wang, Wei Kang ^a   Li, Wen Wei ^a   Pei, Dan Ni ^a   Yu, Han Qing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

crystal surface; density functional calculations; nitrobenzene; photocatalysis; tailored design of catalyst; titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; NITROBENZENE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOOXIDATION; PLATINUM; POLLUTION; PRECIOUS METALS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CRYSTAL SURFACES; ENVIRONMENTAL PURIFICATIONS; FIRST PRINCIPLE CALCULATIONS; METALLIC CLUSTERS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; POSITIVELY CHARGED; RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84934965519     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b00079     Document Type: Article

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