Solvothermal synthesis of hierarchical TiO 2 nanostructures with tunable morphology and enhanced photocatalytic activity

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 360, Issue , 2016, Pages 298-305

  Fan, Zhenghua ^a   Meng, Fanming ^a,b   Zhang, Miao ^a   Wu, Zhenyu ^a   Sun, Zhaoqi ^a   Li, Aixia ^a  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Crystal growth; Hierarchical nanostructures; Photocatalytic activity; TiO 2

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; ENERGY GAP; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MAMMALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

HIERARCHICAL NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; SOLVOTHERMAL METHOD; SOLVOTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; TIO2; TUNABLE MORPHOLOGIES; UV-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84951934403     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.11.021     Document Type: Article

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