Facile synthesis and photocatalytic property of bicrystalline TiO2/rectorite composites

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 384, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 137-144

  Zhang, Yalei ^a   Deng, Lijuan ^b   Zhang, Gaoke ^b   Gan, Huihui ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

ARG; Photocatalytic degradation; Rectorite; Titanium tetraisopropoxide

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; CALCINATION; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SOL-GEL PROCESS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARG; BIPHASE; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; RECTORITE; TITANIUM TETRAISOPROPOXIDE;

COMPLEXATION;

4 NITROPHENOL; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 79959755596     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2011.03.043     Document Type: Article

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