High surface area BaZrO3 photocatalyst prepared by base-hot-water treatment

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2699-2705

  Prastomo, Niki ^a   Zakaria, Nor Hana binti ^a   Kawamura, Go ^a   Muto, Hiroyuki ^a   Sakai, Mototsugu ^a   Matsuda, Atsunori ^a  

^a TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Barium zirconate; Base hot water treatment; Photocatalytic activity; Powders chemical preparation; Precursors organic

Indexed keywords

BASE-HOT-WATER TREATMENT; HIGH SURFACE AREA; LOW-TEMPERATURE PROCESS; METHYLENE BLUE; NANOCRYSTALLINES; NAOH SOLUTIONS; PEROVSKITE STRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; POWDERS-CHEMICAL PREPARATION; PRECURSORS-ORGANIC; SINGLE PHASE; SOL-GEL ROUTES; SURFACE AREA; UV-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

BARIUM; BARIUM ZIRCONATE; CALCINATION; PEROVSKITE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; POWDERS; SOL-GEL PROCESS;

WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 80051474002     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2011.03.026     Document Type: Article

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