Ferroelectric Polarization-Enhanced Photocatalysis in BaTiO3-TiO2 Core-Shell Heterostructures
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Material Preparation
2.2. Characterization
2.3. Photocatalytic Activity Measurements
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Catalysts | Pure BaTiO3 | Pure TiO2 | BaTiO3-TiO2 Core-Shell Heterostructures | ||
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1:1 | 1.2:1 | 1.4:1 | |||
Surface area (m2/g) | 25.66 | 70.79 | 36.81 | 35.77 | 34.25 |
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Liu, X.; Lv, S.; Fan, B.; Xing, A.; Jia, B. Ferroelectric Polarization-Enhanced Photocatalysis in BaTiO3-TiO2 Core-Shell Heterostructures. Nanomaterials 2019, 9, 1116. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9081116
Liu X, Lv S, Fan B, Xing A, Jia B. Ferroelectric Polarization-Enhanced Photocatalysis in BaTiO3-TiO2 Core-Shell Heterostructures. Nanomaterials. 2019; 9(8):1116. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9081116
Chicago/Turabian StyleLiu, Xiaoyan, Siyi Lv, Baoyan Fan, An Xing, and Bi Jia. 2019. "Ferroelectric Polarization-Enhanced Photocatalysis in BaTiO3-TiO2 Core-Shell Heterostructures" Nanomaterials 9, no. 8: 1116. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9081116