Design and synthesis of Cu@CuS yolk-shell structures with enhanced photocatalytic activity

Nano-Micro Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Li, Qiuyan ^a   Wang, Fan ^a   Sun, Linqiang ^a   Jiang, Zhe ^a   Ye, Tingting ^a   Chen, Meng ^a   Bai, Qiang ^b   Wang, Chao ^a   Han, Xiguang ^a  

^a JIANGSU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cu@CuS; Nanomaterial; Photocatalysis; Yolk shell structure

Indexed keywords

COPPER; COPPER OXIDES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

CUBOCTAHEDRAL SHAPE; DISPROPORTIONATIONS; HOLLOW STRUCTURE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID SOLUTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; YOLK-SHELL STRUCTURES;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85021668698     PISSN: 23116706     EISSN: 21505551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40820-017-0135-7     Document Type: Article

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