Carbon nanotubes/titanium dioxide (CNTs/TiO2) nanocomposites prepared by conventional and novel surfactant wrapping sol-gel methods exhibiting enhanced photocatalytic activity

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 503-509

  Gao, Bin ^a   Chen, George Z ^a   Li Puma, Gianluca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Nanocomposite; Photocatalysis; Sol gel; Surfactant; Titanium dioxide; Wrapping

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; CARBON LOADINGS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; INITIAL OXIDATION; MESOPOROUS; METHYLENE BLUE; MODIFIED SOL-GEL METHOD; MULTI-WALLED; NANO-METER-SCALE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTODEGRADATION OF METHYLENE BLUE; RATE ENHANCEMENT; SOL-GEL METHODS; SUPPORTING ROLE; SURFACTANT; TEM; TIO; TITANIA LAYERS; WRAPPING; XRD;

CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPLEXATION; GELATION; GELS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SOL-GELS; SOLS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES;

SOL-GEL PROCESS;

EID: 65649121547     PISSN: 09263373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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