Mesoporous-assembled V2O5 nanosheet synthesized via a surfactant-modified sol-gel technique and its photocatalytic H2 production activity under visible light irradiation

Powder Technology

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-41

  Puangpetch, Tarawipa ^a   Chavadej, Sumaeth ^b   Sreethawong, Thammanoon ^b  

^a SILPAKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Mesoporous assembly; Nanosheet; Sol gel technique; Structure directing surfactant; Vanadium oxide

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION DESORPTION; CRYSTALLINE MESOPOROUS; HIGH CRYSTALLINITY; HIGH-RESOLUTION TEM; MESOPOROUS; MESOPOROUS ASSEMBLY; NARROW PORES; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PRODUCTION ACTIVITY; SOL-GEL TECHNIQUE; STRUCTURE-DIRECTING SURFACTANT; UV VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; VANADIUM OXIDE; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; XRD;

ADSORPTION; DESORPTION; GELS; IRRADIATION; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; OXIDES; PHOTOEXCITATION; PORE SIZE; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; VANADIUM; VANADIUM ALLOYS; VANADIUM COMPOUNDS;

NANOSHEETS;

HYDROGEN; NANOMATERIAL; VANADIUM PENTOXIDE;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DESORPTION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; POROSITY; POWDER; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 79951675249     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2010.11.039     Document Type: Article

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