Constructing black titania with unique nanocage structure for solar desalination

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 46, 2016, Pages 31716-31721

  Zhu, Guilian ^a   Xu, Jijian ^a,b   Zhao, Wenli ^a   Huang, Fuqiang ^a,b,c  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

black titania; light trapping; mesoporous; nanocage; photothermal; solar desalination

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; EFFICIENCY; HEAT TRANSFER; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PHASE INTERFACES;

LIGHT-TRAPPING; MESOPOROUS; NANOCAGES; PHOTO-THERMAL; SOLAR DESALINATION; TITANIA;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84999115094     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b11466     Document Type: Article

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