Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution in Ternary Hybrid TiO2/CuO/Cu Thoroughly Mesoporous Nanofibers

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 31, 2016, Pages 20128-20137

  Hou, Huilin ^a   Shang, Minghui ^a   Gao, Fengmei ^a   Wang, Lin ^a   Liu, Qiao ^a   Zheng, Jinju ^a   Yang, Zuobao ^a   Yang, Weiyou ^a  

^a NINGBO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

electrospinning; mesoporous; nanofibers; photocatalytic hydrogen evolution; TiO2 CuO Cu

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSPINNING; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NANOFIBERS; SPINNING (FIBERS);

ELECTROSPINNING TECHNIQUES; HYBRID PHOTOCATALYSTS; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION EFFICIENCY; MESOPOROUS; PHOTO-DECOMPOSITION; PHOTOCATALYTIC BEHAVIORS; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN EVOLUTION;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84981314108     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b06644     Document Type: Article

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