TiO2/MXene Ti3C2 composite with excellent photocatalytic CO2 reduction activity

Journal of Catalysis

Volumn 361, Issue , 2018, Pages 255-266

  Low, Jingxiang ^a   Zhang, Liuyang ^a   Tong, Tong ^a   Shen, Baojia ^a   Yu, Jiaguo ^a,b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

CO2 reduction; MXenes; Photocatalysis; Ti3C2; TiO2

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY POLICY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCATALYSIS;

CO2 REDUCTION; ENHANCEMENT MECHANISM; MXENES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; SITU DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE INFRARED FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROSCOPY; TI3C2; TIO2;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 85044442673     PISSN: 00219517     EISSN: 10902694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2018.03.009     Document Type: Article

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