Photocatalytic abatement of VOCs by novel optimized TiO2 nanoparticles

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 138-149

  Hussain, Murid ^a,b   Russo, Nunzio ^a   Saracco, Guido ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Lahore Campus ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Nanoparticles; Oxidation; Photocatalysis; TiO2; VOCs

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; BAND GAP ENERGY; CALCINATION TEMPERATURE; DEGUSSA; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE; DR/UV-VIS; FOURIER; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; HIGH SURFACE AREA; MIXED PHASE; NEAR ROOM TEMPERATURE; OH GROUP; OH SURFACE GROUPS; OPERATING PARAMETERS; OXIDIZING AGENTS; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTORS; PYREX GLASS; REACTION TEMPERATURE; SPECIFIC SURFACE; TIO; TIO2; TIO2 NANO-PARTICLES; TOLUENE OXIDATION; VOCS; VOCS ABATEMENT;

ADSORPTION; CALCINATION; ETHYLENE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; OPTIMIZATION; OXIDATION; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PROPYLENE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; REACTION RATES; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOLUENE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SURFACES;

EID: 78650308383     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.10.040     Document Type: Article

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