Enhanced photocatalytic properties of ultra-long nanofiber synthesized from pure titanium powders

Rare Metals

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-42

  Tao, Jie ^a   Dong, Xiang ^b   Zhu, Hong ^a   Tao, Haijun ^a   He, Pingting ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^b KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal; Photocatalytic; TiO 2; Ultra long nanofiber

Indexed keywords

AFTER-HEAT TREATMENT; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROTHERMAL; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; LIGHT-HARVESTING; METHYL ORANGE; NAOH SOLUTIONS; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; SELECTED AREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; TARGET MOLECULE; TESTING CONDITIONS; TIO; TITANIUM POWDERS; UV-VISIBLE;

AZO DYES; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NANOFIBERS;

EID: 84863419975     PISSN: 10010521     EISSN: 18677185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12598-012-0459-x     Document Type: Article

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