Gray Ta2O5 Nanowires with Greatly Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 122-127

  Zhu, Guilian ^a,b   Lin, Tianquan ^a   Cui, Houlei ^a,b   Zhao, Wenli ^a,b   Zhang, Hui ^a   Huang, Fuqiang ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

aluminum reduction; nanowire; PEC; photocatalysis; Ta2O5

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CATALYSIS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HOLE CONCENTRATION; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; ORE REDUCTION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; TANTALUM OXIDES;

ALUMINUM REDUCTION; ELECTRON-HOLE SEPARATION; PEC; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; WATER DECONTAMINATION; WIDE-BAND-GAP SEMICONDUCTOR;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84954461610     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b07685     Document Type: Article

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