On the true morphology of highly photoactive anatase TiO 2 nanocrystals

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Volumn 117-118, Issue , 2012, Pages 224-235

  caplovicova M ^a   Billik, P ^a,b   Caplovic L ^c   Brezova V ^c   Turani T ^d   Plesch, G ^a   Fejdi, P ^a  

^a Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEASUREMENT SCIENCE   (Slovakia)

^c SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^d Kada Ltd   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Anatase; Crystal growth; EPR; Mechano chemical synthesis; Morphology characterization; Nanocrystal; Photocatalyst; TiO 2; Transmission electron microscopy; Weak beam dark field method

Indexed keywords

3D MORPHOLOGY; ANATASE NANOCRYSTALS; ANATASE TIO; AVERAGE SIZE; BIPYRAMIDS; BRIGHTFIELD; CRYSTAL SIZE AND MORPHOLOGY; CRYSTALLINITIES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC DIRECTIONS; DARK FIELD; ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION; MECHANOCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; NANOSIZED TITANIA; OPTIMAL SIZE; PHOTOACTIVITY; TEM METHOD; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TIO; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM); WEAK BEAMS; XRD;

CRYSTAL GROWTH; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GEOMETRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCRYSTALS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMAGNETISM; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SODIUM; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84856770918     PISSN: 09263373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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