Green synthesis of carbon quantum dots embedded onto titanium dioxide nanowires for enhancing photocurrent

Royal Society Open Science

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Yen, Yin Cheng ^a   Lin, Chia Chi ^a   Chen, Ping Yu ^a   Ko, Wen Yin ^a   Tien, Tzu Rung ^a   Lin, Kuan Jiuh ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carbon quantum dot; Peroxide and photo catalyst; Titanium dioxide; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019752937     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20545703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.161051     Document Type: Article

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