Investigation of structural, optical and photocatalytic properties of mesoporous TiO2 thin film synthesized by sol-gel templating technique

Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 176-181

  Janitabar Darzi, S ^a   Mahjoub, A R ^a   Nilchi, A ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Mesoporous TiO2; Nanostructures; Optical properties; Sol gel templating technique; Thin films

Indexed keywords

ANATASE PARTICLES; BRUNAUER EMMETT TELLERS; CONGO RED; HEXAGONAL MESOSTRUCTURE; HIGH SURFACE AREA; INDIRECT BAND GAP; LOW COSTS; MESOPOROUS TIO; MESOPOROUS TIO2; MESOSCALE; NANOSTRUCTURED THIN FILM; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; SEM; SOL GEL DIP COATING; SUPRAMOLECULAR TEMPLATING; TEM; TEMPLATED; TEMPLATING TECHNIQUES; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TIO; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; AZO DYES; CALCINATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GELS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FILM PREPARATION;

EID: 70449707109     PISSN: 13869477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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