Microemulsion-mediated solvothermal synthesis and photocatalytic properties of crystalline titania with controllable phases of anatase and rutile

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 651-657

  Shen, Xiaojun ^a   Zhang, Jinlong ^a   Tian, Baozhu ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Microemulsion; Nanostructures; Phase control; Solvothermal synthesis; Titanium oxide

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS PHASE; BRUNAUER EMMETT TELLER ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLINE TITANIA; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; RHODAMINE B; SOLVOTHERMAL METHOD; SOLVOTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; TIO; UV-VIS DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTRA;

METABOLISM; MICROEMULSIONS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TITANIUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UREA; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

RHODAMINE B; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; DYE; EMULSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; PHOTODEGRADATION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RUTILE; TITANIUM; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UREA; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYST; DEGRADATION; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROEMULSION; MINERALIZATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLVOTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; SYNTHESIS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CATALYSIS; EMULSIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TITANIUM;

EID: 79960173556     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.05.066     Document Type: Article

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