Surface Morphology and Growth of Anodic Titania Nanotubes Films: Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting Studies

Journal of Nanomaterials

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Lai, Chin Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTES; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; NANOTUBES; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER ABSORPTION; YARN;

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRO-CHEMICAL ANODIZATION; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; NANO-TUBULAR STRUCTURE; NANOPOROUS STRUCTURES; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS;

PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS;

EID: 84939865176     PISSN: 16874110     EISSN: 16874129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/820764     Document Type: Article

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