Simultaneous improvement of photocatalytic and superhydrophilicity properties of nano TiO 2 thin films

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1473-1479

  Kazemi, M ^a   Mohammadizadeh, M R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

68.08.Bc; 82.30.Rs; 82.65.+r; Aging time; Photocatalytic; Sol gel; Superhydrophilicity; TiO 2 nano thin films

Indexed keywords

68.08.BC; 82.30.RS; 82.65.+R; AGING TIME; NANO-THIN FILMS; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; SUPER-HYDROPHILICITY;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ETHANOL; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SOL-GELS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84866554784     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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