Improved Solar-Driven Photocatalytic Performance of Highly Crystalline Hydrogenated TiO 2 Nanofibers with Core-Shell Structure

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Wu, Ming Chung ^a,b   Chen, Ching Hsiang ^c   Huang, Wei Kang ^a   Hsiao, Kai Chi ^a   Lin, Ting Han ^a   Chan, Shun Hsiang ^a   Wu, Po Yeh ^a   Lu, Chun Fu ^d   Chang, Yin Hsuan ^a   Lin, Tz Feng ^a   Hsu, Kai Hsiang ^b   Hsu, Jen Fu ^b   Lee, Kun Mu ^e   Shyue, Jing Jong ^d,f   Kordás, Krisztián ^g   Su, Wei Fang ^d  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

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EID: 85010409297     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep40896     Document Type: Article

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