A Simple Method of Electrospun Tungsten Trioxide Nanofibers with Enhanced Visible-Light Photocatalytic Activity

Nano-Micro Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 291-297

  Ofori, Frank Agyemang ^a   Sheikh, Faheem A ^a   Appiah Ntiamoah, Richard ^a   Yang, Xinsheng ^b   Kim, Hern ^a  

^a Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

^b SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Nanofiber; Photocatalysis; Tungsten trioxide

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ELECTROSPINNING; NANOFIBERS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SINTERING; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

ELECTROSPINNING TECHNIQUES; OPTIMUM CONCENTRATION; ORTHORHOMBIC STRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; POLYVINYL PYRROLIDONE; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

EID: 84958780038     PISSN: 23116706     EISSN: 21505551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40820-015-0042-8     Document Type: Article

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