Degradation of methylene blue by three-dimensionally ordered macroporous titania

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4405-4409

  Srinivasan, Madhavi ^a   White, Tim ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PH EFFECTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

MACROPOROUS TITANIA; MACROPOROUS WALLS; TITANIUM ETHOXIDE;

DYES;

GOLD; METHYLENE BLUE; NANOPARTICLE; POLYSTYRENE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

COLLOIDS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DYES; PH EFFECTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANATASE; CATALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION; DYE; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; POROSITY; REACTION KINETICS; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROLYSIS; PH; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PRECIPITATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

GOLD; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LIGHT; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METHYLENE BLUE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; TITANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 34250843762     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es070160b     Document Type: Article

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