Photocatalytic activity of neat and silicon-doped titanium(IV) oxide nanofibers prepared by combined Sol-Gel and electrospinning techniques

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2443-2450

  Watthanaarun, Jeerapong ^a   Supaphol, Pitt ^a   Pavarajarn, Varong ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Nanofibers; Photocatalyst; Titania

Indexed keywords

(100) SILICON; ANATASE PHASE; ANATASE TITANIA; CALCINATION TEMPERATURES; CRYSTALLINE DOMAINS; DOPED TITANIA; ELECTROSPINNING (ES) TECHNIQUE; METHYLENE BLUE (MB); PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY (PA); PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SOL - GEL; TITANIA; TITANIA FIBERS; TITANIUM (IV);

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COLLOIDS; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; ELECTROSPINNING; FIBERS; GELATION; GELS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SILICON; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; SPINNING (FIBERS); TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

TITANIUM OXIDES;

METHYLENE BLUE; NANOMATERIAL; SILICON; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ROTATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; METHYLENE BLUE; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; ROTATION; SILICON; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM;

EID: 34548161466     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2007.417     Document Type: Article

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