Efficiently enhancing the photocatalytic activity of faceted TiO2 nanocrystals by selectively loading a-Fe2O3 and Pt co-catalysts†

RSC Advances

Volumn 6, Issue 35, 2016, Pages 29794-29801

  Liu, Chang ^a   Tong, Ruifeng ^a   Xu, Zhenkai ^a   Kuang, Qin ^a   Xie, Zhaoxiong ^a   Zheng, Lansun ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXATION; HEMATITE; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PLATINUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

COMPOSITE PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROCESS; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE CARRIERS; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOMATERIALS; TERNARY COMPOSITES; TIO2 NANOCRYSTALS;

PHOTOCATALYSTS;

EID: 84983471689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c6ra04552a     Document Type: Article

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