JOURNAL ARTICLE

Enhanced photocatalytic activity of quantum-confined tungsten trioxide nanoparticles in mesoporous silica

Daisuke H. TanakaYuya OakiHiroaki Imai

Year: 2010 Journal:   Chemical Communications Vol: 46 (29)Pages: 5286-5286   Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Abstract

Due to quantum confinement effects, tungsten trioxide nanoparticles approximately 1.4 nm in diameter prepared in channels of mesoporous silica exhibited a widened bandgap and enhanced photocatalytic performance in the decomposition of benzene.

Keywords:
Tungsten trioxide Photocatalysis Mesoporous silica Mesoporous material Tungsten Nanoparticle Arsenic trioxide Materials science Nanotechnology Chemistry Chemical engineering Photochemistry Catalysis Organic chemistry Arsenic

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