Titania and titania nanocomposites on cellulosic fibers: Synthesis, characterization and comparative study of photocatalytic activity

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 413-419

  Moafi, Hadi Fallah ^a   Shojaie, Abdollah Fallah ^a   Zanjanchi, Mohammad Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cellulosic fibers; Co doped; Nanocomposite; Self cleaning; Sol gel; TiO2

Indexed keywords

ANATASE PHASE; BET SURFACE AREA MEASUREMENT; CELLULOSIC FIBERS; CO-DOPED; CO-DOPING; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METHYLENE BLUE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; SELF-CLEANING; SELF-CLEANING PROPERTIES; SEM; SOL-GEL DIP-COATING METHOD; SYNERGISTIC ACTION; TEM; TIO; TIO2; TITANIA; TITANIA COMPOSITES; TYPE STRUCTURES; UV-VIS LIGHT; XRD;

CLEANING; COATINGS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FIBERS; GELS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; REFLECTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; SPECTROSCOPY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZIRCONIUM;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 78650306016     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.10.074     Document Type: Article

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