Nanosized anatase TiO2 single crystals for enhanced photocatalytic activity.
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Nanosized anatase TiO(2) single crystals with 18% {001} facets have a raised conduction band minimum by 0.1 eV, and exhibit photocatalytic activity both for generating *OH radicals and for splitting water into hydrogen that is markedly superior--by factors of 5.6 and 8.2, respectively--to reference ca. 3 microm anatase TiO(2) with 72% {001} facets.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Chemical communications
دوره 46 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010