Unraveling the Origin of Visible Light Capture by Core-Shell TiO2 Nanotubes

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 4467-4475

  Li, Jun ^a   Liu, Chang Hai ^c   Li, Xia ^b   Wang, Zhi Qiang ^a   Shao, Yu Cheng ^d,e   Wang, Sui Dong ^c   Sun, Xue Liang ^b   Pong, Way Faung ^f   Guo, Jing Hua ^d,e   Sham, Tsun Kong ^a,b  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOTUBES; RADIATION; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY ABSORPTION; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY SCATTERING; YARN;

ANATASE STRUCTURES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; OPTICAL WAVELENGTH; PARTIAL FLUORESCENCE YIELDS; RESONANT INELASTIC X-RAY SCATTERING; TOTAL ELECTRON YIELD; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION; X-RAY ABSORPTION NEAR-EDGE STRUCTURE;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84976871596     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b01673     Document Type: Article

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