Piezotronic Effect Enhanced Photocatalysis in Strained Anisotropic ZnO/TiO2 Nanoplatelets via Thermal Stress

ACS Nano

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 2636-2643

  Wang, Longfei ^a   Liu, Shuhai ^a   Wang, Zheng ^b   Zhou, Yongli ^a   Qin, Yong ^a,b   Wang, Zhong Lin ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

nanoplatelet; photocatalysis; piezoelectric; piezotronic effect; ZnO TiO2 heterojunction

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYBRID MATERIALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL STRESS;

HYBRID PHOTOCATALYSTS; NANOPLATELET; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PIEZOELECTRIC; PIEZOELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTORS; PIEZOTRONIC EFFECT; THERMAL EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS; ZNO/TIO;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84960192450     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b07678     Document Type: Article

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