Layer-by-layer assembly of TiO2 nanowire/carbon nanotube films and characterization of their photocatalytic activity

Nanotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 19, 2011, Pages

  Darányi, Mária ^a   Csesznok, Tamás ^a   Kukovecz, Ákos ^a   Kónya, Zoltán ^a   Kiricsi, Imre ^a   Ajayan, Pulickel M ^b   Vajtai, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FILTRATION; ACTIVE MATERIAL; DEGUSSA P25; DEPOSITION SEQUENCES; FIRST-ORDER RATE CONSTANTS; LAYER-BY-LAYER ASSEMBLIES; LAYER-BY-LAYERS; METHYL ORANGE; MULTI-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; NANOTUBE FILMS; NANOWIRE FILMS; OXIDATION REACTIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; SEM; TIO; TITANATE NANOWIRES; XRD;

AZO DYES; CARBON FILMS; CARBON NANOTUBES; COATINGS; NANOWIRES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; QUARTZ; RATE CONSTANTS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

CARBON NANOTUBE; NANOWIRE; OXYGEN; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CATALYSIS; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; NANOWIRES; OXYGEN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; TITANIUM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 79953286933     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/19/195701     Document Type: Article

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