TiO2 Nanotubes Arrays Loaded with Ligand-Free Au Nanoparticles: Enhancement in Photocatalytic Activity

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 45, 2016, Pages 31051-31058

  Marelli, Marcello ^a   Evangelisti, Claudio ^a   Diamanti, Maria Vittoria ^b   Dal Santo, Vladimiro ^a   Pedeferri, Maria Pia ^b   Bianchi, Claudia L ^c   Schiavi, Luca ^d   Strini, Alberto ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d Istituto Per Le Tecnologie Della Costruzione Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche (ITC CNR)   (Italy)

Author keywords

anatase; Au nanoparticles; electrochemical anodization; metal vapor synthesis; nanotubes arrays; photocatalysis; titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; BIODEGRADATION; CHELATION; GOLD; GOLD DEPOSITS; LIGANDS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YARN;

AU NANOPARTICLE; ELECTRO-CHEMICAL ANODIZATION; METAL VAPOR SYNTHESIS; NANOTUBES ARRAYS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; POST-SYNTHETIC TREATMENTS; TOLUENE DEGRADATIONS;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84995948299     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b11436     Document Type: Article

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