Preparation and characterization of photocatalytic titania-alumina composite membranes by sol-gel methods

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2867-2875

  Habibpanah, Ali Akbar ^a   Pourhashem, Sepideh ^a   Sarpoolaky, Hossein ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Composite membranes; Photocatalytic activity; Sol gel process; Titania alumina

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA ADDITION; ANATASE-TO-RUTILE TRANSFORMATIONS; COMPOSITE SAMPLES; CRACK-FREE LAYERS; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; SOL-GEL METHODS; SUPPORTED MEMBRANE; TITANIA; TITANIA MEMBRANES; TITANIA-ALUMINA; XRD;

COMPLEXATION; GELS; MEMBRANES; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

EID: 80052348655     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2011.06.014     Document Type: Article

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