Photoreactive TiO2/carbon nanotube composites: Synthesis and reactivity

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 4952-4957

  Yao, Yuan ^a   Li, Gonghu ^a   Ciston, Shannon ^a   Lueptow, Richard M ^a   Gray, Kimberly A ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON-HOLE RECOMBINATION;

MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NANOMATERIAL; PHENOL; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER; CARBON NANOTUBE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TITANIUM;

CARBON; COMPOSITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; OXYGEN; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; DESICCATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOW TEMPERATURE; OXIDATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOREACTIVITY; REACTION ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOTUBES, CARBON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOLS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; TITANIUM;

ANATASE NANOPARTICLES; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; DEGUSSA P25; ELECTRON-HOLE RECOMBINATION; ENHANCED REACTIVITY; LOW-TEMPERATURE PROCESS; MULTI-WALLED; NANOSTRUCTURED ASSEMBLY; NANOSTRUCTURED COMPOSITES; NANOTUBE COMPOSITES; PHENOL OXIDATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATIONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; SINGLE-WALLED; TIO;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); PHENOLS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 46849103356     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es800191n     Document Type: Article

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