Titania-containing mesoporous silica powders: Structural properties and photocatalytic activity towards isopropanol degradation

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

Volumn 216, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 167-178

  Tasbihi, Minoo ^a   Štangar, Urška Lavrenčič ^a   Škapin, Andrijana Sever ^b   Ristić, Alenka ^c   Kaučič, Venčeslav ^c,d   Tušar, Nataša Novak ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVA GORICA   (Slovenia)

^b SLOVENIAN NATIONAL BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Isopropanol; Mesoporous silica; Photocatalyst; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 78549267776     PISSN: 10106030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2010.07.011     Document Type: Article

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