TiO2 nanotubes with ultrathin walls for enhanced water splitting

Chemical Communications

Volumn 51, Issue 63, 2015, Pages 12617-12620

  Mohamed, Ahmad M ^a   Aljaber, Amina S ^b   AlQaradawi, Siham Y ^b   Allam, Nageh K ^a  

^a The American University in Cairo   (Egypt)

^b QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOTUBE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN BOND; LIGHT INTENSITY; PARTICLE SIZE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; THICKNESS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SPLITTING; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84938153905     PISSN: 13597345     EISSN: 1364548X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c5cc04539h     Document Type: Article

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