Aerodynamic levitated laser annealing method to defective titanium dioxide with enhanced photocatalytic performance

Nano Research

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 3839-3847

  Wei, Hehe ^a   Ma, Xiaoguang ^b   Gu, Liu ^c   Li, Jianqiang ^b   Si, Wenjie ^a   Ou, Gang ^a   Yu, Wen ^a   Zhao, Chunsong ^a   Li, Jiaying ^a,b   Song, Mingjun ^a   Peng, Zhijian ^c   Wu, Hui ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

hydrogen evolution; laser annealing; photocatalyst; TiO2

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DEFECTS; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ELECTROCHEMICAL MATERIALS; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION RATE; LASER ANNEALING; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; TIO2; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

ANNEALING;

EID: 84988329873     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-016-1253-0     Document Type: Article

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