Synthesis and facet-dependent photocatalytic activity of strontium titanate polyhedron nanocrystals

Nano Research

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1523-1531

  Li, Junfang ^a   Bai, Hua ^a   Yi, Wencai ^b   Liu, Jingyao ^b   Li, Yahui ^a   Zhang, Qing ^a   Yang, Haifeng ^a   Xi, Guangcheng ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF INSPECTION AND QUARANTINE   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

active faces; photocatalysis; polyhedron perovskite; strontium titanate

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; PEROVSKITE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PRISMS; STRONTIUM TITANATES;

ACTIVE FACES; CUBIC PEROVSKITE; DEGRADATION OF ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; END FACES; NANOCUBES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; TRIANGULAR PRISM;

PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

EID: 84961784048     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-016-1048-3     Document Type: Article

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