Nanostructured low crystallized titanium dioxide thin films with good photocatalytic activity

Powder Technology

Volumn 202, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 111-117

  López, Alcides ^a,b,c   Acosta, Dwight ^a   I Martínez, Arturo ^d   Santiago, Julio ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO PERUANO DE ENERGÍA NUCLEAR   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE INGENIERÍA   (Peru)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

Author keywords

Low crystallized TiO2; Methylene blue; Peroxo polytitanic acid; Photocatalysis; Spray pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

AFM; ANNEALED FILMS; CRYSTALLIZED STRUCTURE; DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES; FT-IR AND UV-VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH SURFACE AREA; LOW CRYSTALLIZED TIO2; LOW POROSITY; LOW SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; METHYLENE BLUE; NANO-STRUCTURED; PEROXO-POLYTITANIC ACID; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; POLYCRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; SEM; SMALL GRAIN SIZE; SODA LIME GLASS; SPRAY-PYROLYSIS TECHNIQUES; TEM; THERMAL TREATMENT; TIO; TITANIUM DIOXIDE THIN FILM; XRD;

ACIDS; AGGLOMERATION; FILM PREPARATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

SPRAY PYROLYSIS;

METHYLENE BLUE; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOMATERIAL; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLIZATION; FILM; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POROSITY; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77953615841     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2010.04.025     Document Type: Article

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