Optimized deposition of TiO 2 thin films produced by a non-aqueous sol-gel method and quantification of their photocatalytic activity

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 195-196, Issue , 2012, Pages 347-358

  Malengreaux, Charline M ^a   Timmermans, Adrien ^a   Pirard, Sophie L ^a   Lambert, Stéphanie D ^a   Pirard, Jean Paul ^a   Poelman, Dirk ^b   Heinrichs, Benoît ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dip coating; Kinetics; Photocatalysis; Sol gel; Thin film; TiO 2

Indexed keywords

ANATASE PHASE; DIP COATING; DIP-COATING PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIRST-ORDER KINETIC MODELS; HIGH-ADHESION; METHYLENE BLUE; NON-AQUEOUS SOL-GEL METHOD; NUMBER OF LAYERS; OPERATING VARIABLES; OPTIMUM THICKNESS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOL CONCENTRATION; TIO; TRANSPARENT FILMS; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY; XRD;

ADHESION; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COATINGS; DEGRADATION; ENZYME KINETICS; OPTIMIZATION; RATE CONSTANTS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

PHOTOCATALYSIS;

EID: 84862727226     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.04.076     Document Type: Article

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