Carbon fibers@semiconductors nanostructures core–shell composites: Facile strategy for highly efficient solar-driven photocatalysts

Journal of Catalysis

Volumn 353, Issue , 2017, Pages 325-334

  Qian, Jingwen ^a,b,c   Peng, Zhijian ^a,c   Peng, Min ^d   Li, Hong ^a,b,c   Wang, Meng ^a,b,c   Li, Hanqing ^a,b,c   Fu, Xiuli ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon fibers; Composites; In situ synthesis; Photocatalysis; Semiconductors

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027497626     PISSN: 00219517     EISSN: 10902694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2017.07.011     Document Type: Article

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