Alternate coating and porosity as dependent factors for the photocatalytic activity of sol-gel derived TiO2 films

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 190-198

  Patil, Suhas R ^a,b   Hameed, B H ^b   Škapin, Andrijana Sever ^c   Štangar, Urška Lavrenčič ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVA GORICA   (Slovenia)

^b SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^c SLOVENIAN NATIONAL BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Mesoporous TiO2 coatings; Photocatalytic degradation; Plasmocorinth B; Sol gel; UV light

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION DESORPTION; ANATASE PHASE; ANATASE TIO; BET SURFACE AREA; COMMERCIAL POWDERS; CRACK FREE; DEPENDENT FACTORS; DIP COATING TECHNIQUES; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HIGH POROSITY; MESOPOROUS TIO; MESOPOROUS TIO2 COATINGS; OPTICAL QUALITIES; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PLASMOCORINTH B; SMALL GRAIN SIZE; SOLGEL FILMS; STRUCTURE AND MORPHOLOGY; TIO; TRANSPARENT FILMS; UV-VIS SPECTROMETER; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY; WATER CONTACT ANGLE;

ADSORPTION; AZO DYES; COATINGS; CONTACT ANGLE; DEGRADATION; DESORPTION; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; GELS; HYDROPHILICITY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PORE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; SPECTROMETERS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 80053967076     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.08.074     Document Type: Article

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