Photocatalytic degradation of polyethylene plastic with polypyrrole/TiO2 nanocomposite as photocatalyst

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 400-406

  Li, Shengying ^a   Xu, Shihong ^a   He, Lijun ^a   Xu, Fei ^a   Wang, Yonghong ^a   Zhang, Li ^a  

^a LANZHOU CITY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Degradation; Photochemistry; Polyethylene; Polypyrroles TiO2; Sunlight

Indexed keywords

AFM; AFM IMAGE; ATOMIC FORCE; FTIR ANALYSIS; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION MECHANISM; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLASTIC SURFACES; SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES; STRONG INTERACTION; SUNLIGHT IRRADIATION; WEIGHT LOSS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; GELS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLYPYRROLES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THERMOPLASTICS;

PLASTICS;

COMPOSITE PROPERTY; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; IRRADIATION; NANOCOMPOSITE; PHOTOCHEMICAL DEGRADATION; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMERIZATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 77951184477     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602550903532166     Document Type: Article

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