Selective Chemical Epitaxial Growth of TiO2 Islands on Ferroelectric PbTiO3 Crystals to Boost Photocatalytic Activity

Joule

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 1095-1107

  Liu, Gang ^a,b   Ma, Li ^a   Yin, Li Chang ^a   Wan, Gedeng ^a   Zhu, Huaze ^a   Zhen, Chao ^a   Yang, Yongqiang ^a   Liang, Yan ^a   Tan, Jun ^a   Cheng, Hui Ming ^a,c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

(001); asymmetric; charge separation; co catalyst; epitaxial; ferroelectric; PbTiO3; photocatalyst; polarization; Schottky barrier; TiO2; water splitting

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; FERROELECTRICITY; GAS GENERATORS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LEAD TITANATE; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXYGEN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; POLARIZATION; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

(001); ASYMMETRIC; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; CO CATALYSTS; EPITAXIAL; SCHOTTKY BARRIERS; TIO2; WATER SPLITTING;

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CRYSTAL; ELECTRON; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLARIZATION; TITANIUM;

EID: 85044608612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 25424351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2018.03.006     Document Type: Article

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