Surfactant-aided sol-gel synthesis of mesoporous-assembled TiO2-NiO mixed oxide nanocrystals and their photocatalytic azo dye degradation activity

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 192, Issue , 2012, Pages 292-300

  Sreethawong, Thammanoon ^a   Ngamsinlapasathian, Supachai ^b   Yoshikawa, Susumu ^b  

^a Baan Klangmuang Luzern   (Thailand)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mesoporosity; Photocatalytic dye degradation; Sol gel process; Structure directing surfactant

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; BINARY ALLOYS; DEGRADATION; DYES; EFFICIENCY; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NANOCRYSTALS; NICKEL OXIDE; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; URANIUM METALLOGRAPHY; VANADIUM METALLOGRAPHY;

DEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; DEGRADATION OF METHYL ORANGES; ELECTRON-HOLE RECOMBINATION; MESOPOROSITY; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC DYE DEGRADATIONS; STRUCTURE-DIRECTING SURFACTANTS; UV VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84862308469     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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