Effect of precursor ratio on synthesis and optical absorption of TiON photocatalytic nanoparticles

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1045-1050

  Li, Qi ^a   Xie, Rongeai ^a   Shang, Jian Ku ^a   Mintz, Eric A ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCINATION TEMPERATURE; NANOPARTICLE POWDERS; PRECURSOR RATIO; TITANIUM TETRAISOPROPOXIDE;

DOPING (ADDITIVES); LIGHT ABSORPTION; NITROGEN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM OXIDES;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 34247146887     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2007.01600.x     Document Type: Article

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