Nanostructured photocatalysts with enhanced visible-light activity by a low-temperature Sol-Gel process

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2330-2338

  Tung, Wing Sze ^a   Daoud, Walid A ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DOPING; DEGUSSA; DOPING PROCESS; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; FOURIER; LOW TEMPERATURES; METHYL ORANGE; METHYLENE BLUE; NANO-STRUCTURED; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; SELECTED AREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; UV AND VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT ACTIVITY;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AZO DYES; CATALYSTS; DEGRADATION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; OXIDES; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOELECTRONS; TEMPERATURE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SOL-GEL PROCESS;

EID: 84863718559     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2012.05233.x     Document Type: Article

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