Anatase TiO2 film composed of nanorods with predominant {110} active facets as an excellent photocatalyst for water splitting

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 5478-5484

  Hu, Qianqian ^a,b   Huang, Jiquan ^a   Li, Qiaohong ^a   Wang, Chong ^a   Li, Guojing ^a,b   Chen, Jian ^a   Cao, Yongge ^c  

^a FUJIAN INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH ON THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Efficient water splitting; Preferred orientation; TiO2 nanorods

Indexed keywords

METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PRECIOUS METALS; SUBSTRATES;

EXPERIMENTAL REALIZATIONS; MORPHOLOGY ANALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; PHOTOGENERATED CARRIERS; PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; QUARTZ GLASS SUBSTRATES; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; WATER SPLITTING;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84994361328     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.07.200     Document Type: Article

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