Enhanced H2 Production of TiO2/ZnO Nanowires Co-Using Solar and Mechanical Energy through Piezo-Photocatalytic Effect

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 10162-10172

  Wang, Zijian ^a   Hu, Tianchen ^a   He, Haoxuan ^a   Fu, Yongming ^a   Zhang, Xia ^a   Sun, Jing ^a   Xing, Lili ^a,b   Liu, Baodan ^c   Zhang, Yan ^b   Xue, Xinyu ^a,b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^c INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Heterostructure; Photocatalytic H2 production; Piezo photocatalytic effect; Piezoelectric effect; TiO2 ZnO nanowire

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MESH GENERATION; NANOWIRES; SOLUTIONS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); ZINC OXIDE;

BUILT-IN ELECTRIC FIELDS; HYDROTHERMAL ROUTES; MECHANICAL ENERGIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFECT; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; PIEZO-ELECTRIC FIELDS; STAINLESS STEEL MESH; ULTRASOUND IRRADIATION;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 85049523384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b01480     Document Type: Article

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