Aging dependent phase transformation of mesostructured titanium dioxide nanomaterials prepared by evaporation-induced self-assembly process: Implications for solar hydrogen production

AIMS Materials Science

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 230-242

  Mahoney, Luther ^a   Rasalingam, Shivatharsiny ^a   Wu, Chia Ming ^a   Peng, Rui ^a   Koodali, Ranjit T ^a  

^a University of South Dakota   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaporation induced self assembly; Phase transformation; Porous materials; Solar hydrogen; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84982981092     PISSN: 23720484     EISSN: 23720468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/matersci.2015.230     Document Type: Article

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