P25@CoAl layered double hydroxide heterojunction nanocomposites for CO2 photocatalytic reduction

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Volumn 209, Issue , 2017, Pages 394-404

  Kumar, Santosh ^a   Isaacs, Mark A ^a   Trofimovaite, Rima ^a   Durndell, Lee ^a   Parlett, Christopher M A ^a   Douthwaite, Richard E ^b   Coulson, Ben ^b   Cockett, Martin C R ^b   Wilson, Karen ^a   Lee, Adam F ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CO2; Layered double hydroxide; Nanocomposite; Photocatalysis; Titania

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; LIGHT; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CO-AL LAYERED DOUBLE HYDROXIDES; COST EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES; LAYERED DOUBLE HYDROXIDES; ONE-POT HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; PHOTOCATALYTIC REDUCTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC SURFACES; PHOTOINDUCED CHARGE CARRIERS; TITANIA;

COAL;

EID: 85014913441     PISSN: 09263373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.03.006     Document Type: Article

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