Effect of calcination temperature and environment on photocatalytic and mechanical properties of ultrathin sol-gel titanium dioxide films

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1101-1108

  Kurtoglu, Murat Erdem ^a,b   Longenbach, Travis ^a   Reddington, Patricia ^a   Gogotsi, Yury ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b Gurallar ArtCraft Glassware   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCINATION TEMPERATURE; LOW OXYGEN PRESSURE; NITROGEN FLOW; ORGANIC PRECURSOR; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; POROUS STRUCTURES; RAMAN ANALYSIS; RUTILE FORMATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCIES; TIO; TITANIUM DIOXIDE FILMS; ULTRA-THIN; VISIBLE-LIGHT ACTIVITY;

CALCINATION; CARBON FILMS; CARBONIZATION; GELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NITROGEN; OXIDE MINERALS; OXYGEN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRATHIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79953718757     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.04218.x     Document Type: Article

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