Enhanced photoelectrochemical performance of coaxial-nanocoupled strontium-rich SrTiO3/TiO2 {001} nanotube arrays

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 54, Issue 33, 2015, Pages 8193-8200

  Yu, Tao ^a,e   Hu, Wen Li ^a,c   Jia, Lixia ^a   Tan, Xin ^b   Huang, Juanru ^d   Huang, Xiang ^a,b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIBET UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c China Railway First Survey and Design Institute Group Co Ltd   (China)

^d TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e SynBio Research Platform   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; NANOTUBES; STRONTIUM; STRONTIUM TITANATES; YARN;

FAST ELECTRON TRANSFER; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENTS; NANO-ARCHITECTURE; PHOTOCURRENT RESPONSE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; TWO STEP ANODIZATION;

PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS;

EID: 84940516778     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.5b01903     Document Type: Article

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