Strategies of making TiO2 and ZnO visible light active

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 170, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 560-569

  Rehman, Shama ^a   Ullah, Ruh ^a   Butt, A M ^a   Gohar, N D ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY NUST   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Band gap modification; Impurity states; Oxygen vacancies; Visible light sensitization

Indexed keywords

BAND EDGE; BAND GAP MODIFICATION; CO-DOPING; IMPURITY STATES; METAL OXIDES; NITROGEN-DOPING; PURIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SURFACE MODIFICATION; TIO; TITANIAS; TOXIC SUBSTANCES; UV REGION; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE LIGHT SENSITIZATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT ACTIVITY; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS; ZEOLITE-Y; ZNO;

AIR CLEANERS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); ENERGY GAP; IRRADIATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; METAL REFINING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXYGEN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOOXIDATION; PURIFICATION; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; STOICHIOMETRY; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES; ZEOLITES; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

OXYGEN VACANCIES;

BORON; CARBON; DYE; HALOGEN; NITROGEN; POLYMER; SULFUR; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSITION ELEMENT; ZEOLITE; ZINC OXIDE; COLORING AGENT; OXYGEN; TITANIUM;

CATALYSIS; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOTOOXIDATION; TITANIUM; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; ZEOLITE; ZINC;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; MATERIAL COATING; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOOXIDATION; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR; STOICHIOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE GAS MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COLORING AGENTS; LIGHT; OXYGEN; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 69049095954     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.05.064     Document Type: Review

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