Photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue with TiO2 nanoparticles prepared by a thermal decomposition process

Powder Technology

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-176

  Chin, Sungmin ^a   Park, Eunseuk ^a   Kim, Minsu ^a   Jurng, Jongsoo ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anatase; Photocatalysis; Thermal decomposition; TiO2 nanoparticle

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; BRUNAUER EMMETT TELLERS; CRYSTALLINITIES; DEGUSSA; HEATING TEMPERATURES; METHYLENE BLUE; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; OPTIMAL SYNTHESIS; OPTIMUM SYNTHESIS; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PRIMARY PARTICLES; SYNTHESIS TEMPERATURES; TEM; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION; THERMAL DECOMPOSITIONS; TIO; TIO2 NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM TETRAISOPROPOXIDE;

CRYSTALLITE SIZE; ELECTRIC FURNACES; FURNACES; HEATING; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTORESISTS; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NANOPARTICLES;

METHYLENE BLUE; NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; FLOW RATE; ISOTHERM; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77952669719     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2010.03.034     Document Type: Article

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