Synthesis of c-doped TiO2 nanoparticles by novel sol-gel polycondensation of resorcinol with formaldehyde for visible-light photocatalysis

Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic, Metal-Organic and Nano-Metal Chemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 328-332

  Neti, Nageswara Rao ^a   Misra, Rohit ^a   Bera, Prabir Kumar ^a   Dhodapkar, Rita ^a   Bakardjieva, Snejana ^b   Bastl, Zdenek ^c  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^c J HEYROVSKÝ INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

C doping; Chlorophenol; Photo activity; Titanium dioxide; Visible light

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952976246     PISSN: 15533174     EISSN: 15533182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15533174.2010.486820     Document Type: Article

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