Hydrothermal synthesis, and tailoring the growth of Ti-supported TiO2 nanotubes with thick tube walls

Materials and Design

Volumn 97, Issue , 2016, Pages 257-267

  Chu, Mengsha ^a   Tang, Yulin ^a   Rong, Nannan ^a   Cui, Xun ^a   Liu, Feila ^a   Li, Yanhong ^a   Zhang, Chao ^a   Xiao, Peng ^a   Zhang, Yunhuai ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Growth mechanism; Hydrothermal; Morphology; TiO2; Titanate

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSHEETS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTUBES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SALTS; SOLUTIONS; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; YARN;

GROWTH MECHANISMS; HYDROTHERMAL; MORPHOLOGY-CONTROLLED; NETWORK STRUCTURES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; TITANATE; TITANATE NANOSHEETS; TITANATE NANOTUBES;

HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84961827120     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2016.02.097     Document Type: Article

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