Tuning the surface oxygen concentration of {111} surrounded ceria nanocrystals for enhanced photocatalytic activities

Nanoscale

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 378-387

  Younis, Adnan ^a   Chu, Dewei ^a   Kaneti, Yusuf Valentino ^a   Li, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INDIUM; NANOCRYSTALS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; OXYGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POLLUTION; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VACANCIES; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRON HOLE RECOMBINATION RATE; ELECTRON-HOLE SEPARATION; OXYGEN VACANCY CONCENTRATION; PHASE AND MICROSTRUCTURES; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; SURFACE OXYGEN VACANCIES;

OXYGEN VACANCIES;

EID: 84952360054     PISSN: 20403364     EISSN: 20403372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c5nr06588g     Document Type: Article

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