Photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue using undoped and Ag-doped TiO2 thin films deposited by a sol-gel process: Effect of the ageing time of the starting solution and the film thickness

Materials Science and Engineering: B

Volumn 174, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 84-87

  Guillen Santiago A ^a   Mayen S A ^a   Torres Delgado, G ^a   Castanedo Perez R ^a   Maldonado, A ^a   Olvera, M De La L ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Photocatalysis; Sol gel; Thin films; Titanium oxide

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COATINGS; GLASS SUBSTRATES; IRRADIATION; OXIDE FILMS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SURFACE REACTIONS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER ABSORPTION;

AG DOPED; AGING TIME; METHYLENE BLUE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PROCESS EFFECTS; SOL'GEL; STARTING SOLUTIONS; THIN-FILMS; TIO 2 THIN FILM;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 77956481747     PISSN: 09215107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mseb.2010.03.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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