Influence of solvent type on the characteristics and photocatalytic activity of TiO2 nanoparticles prepared by the sol-gel method

Micro and Nano Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 244-248

  Mahyar, A ^a   Amani Ghadim, A R ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATASE CRYSTALLITES; AVERAGE SIZE; CRYSTALLINE PHASE; DEGUSSA P25; ISO-PROPANOLS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTODEGRADATION RATE; PORE VOLUME; SOL-GEL METHODS; TIO; TITANIUM TETRAISOPROPOXIDE; UV-VIS DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

CRYSTALLITES; ETHANOL; GELS; METHANOL; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHYSISORPTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; SPECTROSCOPY; TITANIUM; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ALCOHOL; METHANOL; NANOPARTICLE; NITROGEN; SOLVENT; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DENSITY; DIFFUSION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; REACTION TIME; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79957453397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17500443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/mnl.2011.0058     Document Type: Article

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