Single and mixed phase TiO 2 powders prepared by excess hydrolysis of titanium alkoxide

Advances in Applied Ceramics

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 149-158

  Hanaor, D A H ^a   Chironi, I ^b   Karatchevtseva, I ^b   Triani, G ^b   Sorrell, C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hydrolysis; Phase transformation; Photocatalyst; TiO 2

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS STRUCTURES; AQUEOUS MEDIUM; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTANCE FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; CRYSTALLINE POWDER; ELEMENTAL MICROANALYSIS; LASER RAMAN; MIXED PHASE; ORGANIC CONTENT; ORGANIC MEDIUM; PARTIAL HYDROLYSIS; SURFACE AREA; TIO; TITANIUM ALKOXIDES; TITANIUM TETRAISOPROPOXIDE; XRD , TEM;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAS ADSORPTION; HYDROLYSIS; ORGANIC LASERS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

POWDERS;

EID: 84860149410     PISSN: 17436753     EISSN: 17436761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743676111Y.0000000059     Document Type: Article

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