Nitrogen doped anatase-rutile heterostructured nanotubes for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production: Promising structure for sustainable fuel production

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 41, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 5865-5877

  Preethi, L K ^a   Antony, Rajini P ^b   Mathews, Tom ^a   Loo, S C J ^b   Wong, Lydia H ^b   Dash, S ^a   Tyagi, A K ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

H2 generation; N doped TiO2; Photocatalytic water splitting; Rapid breakdown anodization; Solar fuels; XPS

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ENERGY GAP; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOTUBES; NITROGEN; OXIDE MINERALS; OXYGEN VACANCIES; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTONS; PLATINUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; YARN;

ANODIZATIONS; H2 GENERATION; N-DOPED TIO; PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING; SOLAR FUELS;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

EID: 85027937989     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.02.125     Document Type: Article

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