Spatial Separation of Charge Carriers in In2O3-x(OH)y Nanocrystal Superstructures for Enhanced Gas-Phase Photocatalytic Activity

ACS Nano

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 5578-5586

  He, Le ^a,b   Wood, Thomas E ^b   Wu, Bo ^c,d   Dong, Yuchan ^b   Hoch, Laura B ^b   Reyes, Laura M ^b   Wang, Di ^e   Kübel, Christian ^e   Qian, Chenxi ^b   Jia, Jia ^b   Liao, Kristine ^b   O'Brien, Paul G ^b   Sandhel, Amit ^b   Loh, Joel Y Y ^b   Szymanski, Paul ^f   Kherani, Nazir P ^b   Sum, Tze Chien ^d   Mims, Charles A ^b   Ozin, Geoffrey A ^b  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c BERKELEY EDUCATION ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH IN SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

charge separation; gas phase; metal oxide semiconductor; nanocrystal superstructures; photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHARGE CARRIERS; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHEMICAL SHIFT; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; MOS DEVICES; NANOCRYSTALS; NANORODS; OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SEPARATION; TRANSISTORS; WATER GAS SHIFT;

BAND STRUCTURE ENGINEERING; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; GASPHASE; METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR; PHOTOCATALYTIC DYE DEGRADATIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; REVERSE WATER-GAS SHIFT REACTION; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS;

GASES;

EID: 84973377009     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b02346     Document Type: Article

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