Screening tests for the evaluation of nanoparticle titania photocatalysts

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1717-1725

  Thompson, Kathryn ^a   Goodall, Josephine ^a   Kellici, Suela ^a   Mattinson, John A ^b   Egerton, Terry A ^b   Rehman, Ihtesham ^c   Darr, Jawwad A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Methylene blue; Photocatalysis; Screening; Titania; Visible light

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; DECOLOURIZATION; DICHLOROACETIC ACID; FLOW SYNTHESIS; METHYLENE BLUE; NANO POWDERS; NANO-SIZED TITANIUM DIOXIDE; PARTIAL OXIDATIONS; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; RANK ORDERING; SCREENING TESTS; SIMPLE ALCOHOLS; STRONG CORRELATION; TEST METHOD; TEST RESULTS; TITANIA; TITANIA PHOTOCATALYST; VISIBLE LIGHT;

DEGRADATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; OXYGEN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; TANTALUM COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES;

TESTING;

2 PROPANOL; DICHLOROACETIC ACID; METAL NANOPARTICLE; METHYLENE BLUE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS HYDROTHERMAL FLOW SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOLORIZATION; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; ILLUMINATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGHT; NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOOXIDATION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SCREENING TEST; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 70449341462     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: 10974660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.2237     Document Type: Article

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