Comparative investigation of hydrogen production over Ag-, Ni-, and Cu-loaded mesoporous-assembled TiO2-ZrO2 mixed oxide nanocrystal photocatalysts

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 667-675

  Onsuratoom, Surakerk ^a   Puangpetch, Tarawipa ^b   Chavadej, Sumaeth ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b SILPAKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Mesoporous assembly; Metal loading; Photocatalytic hydrogen production; Sol gel process; TiO2 ZrO2 mixed oxide

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION DESORPTION; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION RATE; LOADED METAL; MESOPOROUS ASSEMBLY; MESOPOROUS-ASSEMBLED TIO; METAL LOADING; METAL LOADINGS; MIXED OXIDE; MOLAR RATIO; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PHOTOCHEMICAL DEPOSITION; SCANNING ELECTRONS; TIO; UV VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; UV-LIGHT IRRADIATION; X-RAY ENERGY DISPERSIVE ANALYSIS;

ADSORPTION; CHEMISORPTION; DESORPTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; GELS; HYDROGEN; LOADING; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; METALS; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PRECIOUS METALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 80052596210     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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