Photocatalytic degradation of gaseous toluene over Ag-doping TiO2 nanotube powder prepared by anodization coupled with impregnation method

Chemosphere

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 674-679

  Li, Xinyong ^a,b   Zou, Xuejun ^a   Qu, Zhenping ^a   Zhao, Qidong ^a   Wang, Lianzhou ^b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

In situ FTIR; Photocatalytic degradation; Silver doped; TiO2 nanotubes; Toluene

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMPREGNATION; NANOTUBES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; PHOTOOXIDATION; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THALLIUM COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOLUENE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

DEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; IN-SITU FT-IR; INCIPIENT WETNESS IMPREGNATION METHOD; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATIONS; SURFACE PHOTOVOLTAGES; TIO2 NANOTUBES;

PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS;

CHLORIDE; NANOTUBE; SILVER; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOLUENE;

ADSORPTION; ALDEHYDE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYSIS; CHLORIDE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROLYTE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOOXIDATION; SILVER; TITANIUM; TOLUENE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ADSORPTION; ANODIZATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; DESORPTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SILVER IMPREGNATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 79953090710     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.02.043     Document Type: Article

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