Characterization and activity of mesoporous titanium dioxide beads with high surface areas and controllable pore sizes

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 190, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 133-139

  He, Zuoli ^a   Zhu, Zhenfeng ^a   Li, Junqi ^a   Zhou, Jiaqi ^a   Wei, Na ^a  

^a SHAANXI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Controllable pore sizes; Mesoporous; Photocatalytic; Solvothermal process; TiO2 beads

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLABLE PORE SIZES; MESOPOROUS; PHOTOCATALYTIC; SOLVOTHERMAL PROCESS; TIO2 BEADS;

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; OXIDES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PORE SIZE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SURFACE STRUCTURE;

AMMONIA; MESOPOROUS TITANIUM DIOXIDE BEAD; NANOMATERIAL; NITROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMMONIA; DYE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POROSITY; SAMPLING; SURFACE AREA; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CATALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; METHYLENE BLUE; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; POROSITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM;

EID: 79956108462     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.03.011     Document Type: Article

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