Modified Solvothermal Strategy for Straightforward Synthesis of Cubic NaNbO3 Nanowires with Enhanced Photocatalytic H2 Evolution

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 46, 2015, Pages 25956-25964

  Gu, Qilin ^a   Zhu, Kongjun ^a   Zhang, Ningsi ^b   Sun, Qiaomei ^a   Liu, Pengcheng ^a   Liu, Jinsong ^a,c   Wang, Jing ^a   Li, Zhaosheng ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Engineering IV   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; BAND STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN GROWTH; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOWIRES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; CUBIC CRYSTAL STRUCTURES; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; LARGE SPECIFIC SURFACE AREAS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; STRUCTURE-DIRECTING EFFECT; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT IRRADIATION;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 84947747182     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b08018     Document Type: Article

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