Visible light responsive noble metal-free nanocomposite of V-doped TiO2 nanorod with highly reduced graphene oxide for enhanced solar H2 production

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 2016, Pages 6752-6762

  Agegnehu, Abiye Kebede ^a   Pan, Chun Jern ^a   Tsai, Meng Che ^a   Rick, John ^a   Su, Wei Nien ^a   Lee, Jyh Fu ^b   Hwang, Bing Joe ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Photocatalyst; Photocatalytic hydrogen production; Reduced graphene oxide; Vanadium doped titanium oxide; Visible light responsive

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GRAPHENE; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; LITHIUM ALLOYS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PRECIOUS METALS; TEMPERATURE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES; VANADIUM;

ELECTRON-HOLE RECOMBINATION; LOW-TEMPERATURE HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); VANADIUM DOPED; VISIBLE LIGHT RESPONSIVE;

LIGHT;

EID: 84979462369     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.03.025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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