Sol-gel synthesis of inorganic mesostructured composite photocatalyst for Water purification: An insight into the synthesis fundamentals, reaction, and binding mechanisms

Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic, Metal-Organic and Nano-Metal Chemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 68-75

  Chong, Meng Nan ^a,b   Jin, Bo ^b,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN WATER QUALITY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

functional composites; nanomaterials; photocatalysts; sol gel methods; water purification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856908519     PISSN: 15533174     EISSN: 15533182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15533174.2011.609231     Document Type: Article

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