Nanoscale engineering of TiO2 nanoparticles: Evolution of the shape, phase, morphology, and facet orientation

Materials Letters

Volumn 180, Issue , 2016, Pages 212-218

  Darbandi, Masih ^a   Dickerson, James H ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facets; Nanoparticles; Solvothermal method; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; ENERGY CONVERSION; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; SOLAR ENERGY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CONTROLLED SYNTHESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; FACETS; NANOSCALE ENGINEERING; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; SOLVOTHERMAL METHOD; SOLVOTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; WELL-DEFINED MORPHOLOGIES;

POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 84979774620     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: 18734979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2016.05.109     Document Type: Article

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