Enhanced photocatalytic activity of quantum-confined tungsten trioxide nanoparticles in mesoporous silica.
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.
Tanaka
Daisuke
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Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, 223-8522, Japan.
Oaki
Yuya
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Imai
Hiroaki
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