Hetero-structural NiTiO3/TiO2 nanotubes for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen generation

Renewable Energy

Volumn 111, Issue , 2017, Pages 410-415

  Huang, Jiquan ^a   Jiang, Yabin ^a,b   Li, Guojing ^a,c   Xue, Chuibing ^a,b   Guo, Wang ^a  

^a FUJIAN INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH ON THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER   (China)

^b FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Efficient water splitting; Heterojunction; In situ reaction; NiTiO3 TiO2 nanotubes

Indexed keywords

HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOTUBES; PHOTOCATALYSTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; YARN;

EVOLUTION RATE; EXCELLENT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; IN-SITU REACTIONS; NANOTUBULAR MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN; WATER SPLITTING; ZERO-DIMENSIONAL;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; HYDROGEN; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NANOPARTICLE;

EID: 85018529492     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2017.04.024     Document Type: Article

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