Effect of Nb doping on structural, optical and photocatalytic properties of flame-made TiO2 nanopowder

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3696-3708

  Michalow, Katarzyna A ^a   Flak, Dorota ^a,b   Heel, Andre ^a   Parlinska Wojtan, Magdalena ^a,c   Rekas, Mieczyslaw ^b   Graule, Thomas ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RZESZÓW   (Poland)

Author keywords

4 Chlorophenol; Doping; Methyl orange; Methylene blue; Nanoparticles; Niobium; Photocatalysis; TiO2; Visible light

Indexed keywords

AZO COMPOUND; METHYL ORANGE; METHYLENE BLUE; NANOMATERIAL; NIOBIUM; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANATASE; CATALYST; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRYSTALLINITY; DECOMPOSITION; DYE; IRRADIATION; ISOTHERM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NIOBIUM; OPTICAL PROPERTY; OXIDE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; SURFACE AREA; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AZO COMPOUNDS; LIGHT; METHYLENE BLUE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURES; NIOBIUM; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PHOTOLYSIS; TITANIUM; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84867063818     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-0953-6     Document Type: Article

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