The charge transfer mechanism of Bi modified TiO2 nanotube arrays: TiO2 serving as a “charge-transfer-bridge”

Nano Energy

Volumn 31, Issue , 2017, Pages 96-104

  Jiao, Zhengbo ^a,b   Shang, Mingdong ^a   Liu, Jiamei ^a   Lu, Gongxuan ^a   Wang, Xuesen ^b   Bi, Yingpu ^a  

^a LANZHOU INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bismuth; Charge transfer; Heterostructure; In situ XPS; Photoelectrochemical; Titanium Dioxide

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; PLASMONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; YARN;

CHARGE TRANSFER MECHANISMS; IN-SITU XPS; NANOTUBES ARRAYS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROCESS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; SYNCHRONOUS ILLUMINATION; TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS; VAPOR DEPOSITION METHOD;

CHARGE TRANSFER;

EID: 84997523791     PISSN: 22112855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2016.11.026     Document Type: Article

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