Hierarchical TiO2 photocatalysts with a one-dimensional heterojunction for improved photocatalytic activities

Nano Research

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2092-2101

  Xie, Yingjuan ^a,b   Zhang, Xiao ^a,c   Ma, Peijun ^a,d   Wu, Zhijiao ^a   Piao, Lingyu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

one dimensional heterojunction; photocatalytic activity; TiO2

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937524697     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-015-0720-3     Document Type: Article

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