Defective titanium dioxide single crystals exposed by high-energy {001} facets for efficient oxygen reduction

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Pei, Dan Ni ^a   Gong, Li ^a   Zhang, Ai Yong ^a,b   Zhang, Xing ^a   Chen, Jie Jie ^a   Mu, Yang ^a   Yu, Han Qing ^a  

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

^b HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST; CRYSTAL; DURABILITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ENERGY CONSERVATION; METHANOL; OXIDE; OXYGEN; REDUCTION; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY; TITANIUM;

EID: 84944909320     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9696     Document Type: Article

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