Solvothermal preparation of TiO2/saponite nanocomposites and photocatalytic activity

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 363-368

  Nikolopoulou, Athanasia ^a   Papoulis, Dimitris ^a,b   Komarneni, Sridhar ^b   Tsolis Katagas, Panagiota ^a   Panagiotaras, Dionisios ^c   Kacandes, George H ^d   Zhang, Peilin ^e   Yin, Shu ^e   Sato, Tsugio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^d Geohellas SA   (Greece)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nanocomposite; Photocatalytic activity; Saponite; Solvothermal preparation; Titania

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION DESORPTION ISOTHERMS; ATR FTIR; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTIONS; COMPOSITE PHOTOCATALYSTS; DEGUSSA P25; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING METHOD; ELEMENTAL CONTENTS; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; MACEDONIA; MASS RATIO; MESOPOROUS STRUCTURES; PARTICLE MORPHOLOGIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; PORE DIAMETERS; SAPONITE; SEM-EDS; SIZE ANALYSIS; SOLVOTHERMAL PREPARATION; SOLVOTHERMAL REACTIONS; TETRAMINES; TIO; TITANIA; TITANIUM TRICHLORIDE; WELL-DISPERSED;

ADSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLAY MINERALS; DESORPTION; DYES; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ETHANOL; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PORE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

PHOTOCATALYSIS;

ADSORPTION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; COMPOSITE; DESORPTION; PARTICLE SIZE; SAPONITE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TITANIUM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MACEDONIA [GREECE]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449526090     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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