title: Nanosized anatase TiO2 single crystals for enhanced photocatalytic activity.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, China.
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Chenghua
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Hua Gui
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Sean C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Lianzhou
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Gao Qing Max
authors.initials: GQ
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Hui-Ming
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D003460:Crystallization; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D010316:Particle Size; D010777:Photochemistry; D013499:Surface Properties; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D014867:Water; C009495:titanium dioxide; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical; D006859:Hydrogen; D014025:Titanium