TiO2@Carbon Photocatalysts: The Effect of Carbon Thickness on Catalysis

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1903-1912

  Zhang, Jianming ^a   Vasei, Mitra ^a   Sang, Yuanhua ^b   Liu, Hong ^b,c   Claverie, Jerome P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

carbon; degradation; hybrid; photocatalysis; RAFT polymerization; TiO2

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATALYSIS; CHARGE CARRIERS; CHARGE TRANSFER; DEGRADATION; ENCAPSULATION; GRAPHITE; LIVING POLYMERIZATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; GRAPHITE-LIKE CARBONS; HYBRID; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS; POLYMER ENCAPSULATION; RAFT POLYMERIZATION;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84962290355     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b10025     Document Type: Article

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