ZrO2-modified mesoporous nanocrystalline TiO2-xN x as efficient visible light photocatalysts

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2369-2374

  Wang, Xinchen ^a   Yu, Jimmy C ^b   Chen, Yilin ^a   Wu, Ling ^a   Fu, Xianzhi ^a  

^a FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCINATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SOL-GELS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

HYDROUS GELS; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SURFACE AREA;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

NITROGEN; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE; TITANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

CALCINATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SOL-GELS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

ADSORPTION; CALCIFICATION; CRYSTALLINITY; DECOMPOSITION; DESORPTION; POROSITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; ZIRCONIUM;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CRYSTALLIZATION; DESORPTION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT; NANOCRYSTAL; PHOTOCATALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TITANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 33645784187     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es052000a     Document Type: Article

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