CuInS2 sensitized TiO2 hybrid nanofibers for improved photocatalytic CO2 reduction

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Volumn 230, Issue , 2018, Pages 194-202

  Xu, Feiyan ^a   Zhang, Jianjun ^a   Zhu, Bicheng ^a   Yu, Jiaguo ^a,b   Xu, Jingsan ^c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CuInS2 nanoplates; Direct Z scheme heterojunction; Photocatalytic CO2 reduction; TiO2 Nanofiber

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COPPER COMPOUNDS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOFIBERS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; REDUCTION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CO2 REDUCTION; HOT RESEARCH TOPICS; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; NANOPLATES; NITROGEN SORPTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; TIO2 NANOFIBERS; TIO2-BASED PHOTOCATALYSTS;

INDIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85042670584     PISSN: 09263373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2018.02.042     Document Type: Article

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