Aerosol spray assisted assembly of TiO2 mesocrystals into hierarchical hollow microspheres with enhanced photocatalytic performance

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Volumn 201, Issue , 2017, Pages 41-47

  Tang, Chao ^a   Liu, Longfei ^a   Li, Yali ^a   Bian, Zhenfeng ^a  

^a SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol spray; Au nanoparticles; Hollow structure; Photocatalysis; TiO2 Mesocrystals

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CATALYSIS; GOLD; GOLD DEPOSITS; MICROSPHERES; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCATALYSIS;

AU NANOPARTICLE; DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS; HOLLOW STRUCTURE; MESOCRYSTALS; ORIENTED SUPERSTRUCTURE; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PRECURSOR SOLUTIONS; TOPOTACTIC TRANSFORMATION;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84989907419     PISSN: 09263373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.08.006     Document Type: Article

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