Enhanced photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical properties of TiO2 nanorod arrays sensitized with CdS nanoplates

Ceramics International

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 11716-11723

  Tao, Jiajia ^a   Gong, Zezhou ^a   Yao, Guang ^a   Cheng, Yunlang ^a   Zhang, Miao ^a   Lv, Jianguo ^b   Shi, Shiwei ^a   He, Gang ^a   Chen, Xiaoshuang ^c   Sun, Zhaoqi ^a  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEFEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

CdS NPLs; Photocatalyst; Photoelectrochemistry; TiO2 NRAs; Visible light

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; CADMIUM SULFIDE; DEGRADATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOCURRENT RESPONSE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; VISIBLE LIGHT;

NANORODS;

EID: 84992291543     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2016.04.090     Document Type: Article

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