Preparation of titania/carbon nanotube composites using supercritical ethanol and their photocatalytic activity for phenol degradation under visible light irradiation

Carbon

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1795-1801

  An, Guimin ^a   Ma, Wanhong ^a   Sun, Zhenyu ^a   Liu, Zhimin ^a   Han, Buxing ^a   Miao, Shiding ^a   Miao, Zhenjiang ^a   Ding, Kunlun ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT IRRADIATION; PHENOL DEGRADATION;

DEGRADATION; HYDROLYSIS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); PHOTOCATALYSIS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COMPLEXATION;

EID: 34447577675     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2007.04.034     Document Type: Article

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