Novel nano-flowers of Nb2O5 by template free synthesis and enhanced photocatalytic response under visible light

Science of Advanced Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1298-1303

  Idrees, Faryal ^a   Cao, Chuanbao ^a   Ahmed, R ^b   Butt, Faheem K ^a   Butt, Sajid ^c   Tahir, Muhammad ^a   Tanveer, M ^a   Aslam, Imran ^a   Ali, Zulfiqar ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal; Nanoflowers; Optical properties; Photocatalysis; Semiconductor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961288995     PISSN: 19472935     EISSN: 19472943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/sam.2015.2044     Document Type: Article

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