Effects of the acid pretreated multi-walled carbon nanotubes on the photocatalytic capacity of TiO2/multi-walled carbon nanotubes nanocomposites

Micro and Nano Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Tseng, Y H ^a   Yen, C Y ^b   Yen, M Y ^b   Ma, C C M ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PRETREATMENT; BRUNAUER EMMETT TELLERS; NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIALS; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOACTIVITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; TEM; TIO; TRANSMITTANCE ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UV LIGHT;

ACIDS; ADSORPTION; CARBON NANOTUBES; LIGHT; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

CARBON; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOTUBE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMITTANCE ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77149180130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17500443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/mnl.2009.0094     Document Type: Article

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