Significant enhancement in the photocatalytic activity of N, W co-doped TiO 2 nanomaterials for promising environmental applications

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 47, 2012, Pages

  Thind, Sapanbir S ^a   Wu, Guosheng ^a   Tian, Min ^a   Chen, Aicheng ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND GAP ENERGY; CARBON IMPURITIES; CO-DOPED; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; GAIN INSIGHT; MESOPOROUS; NITROGEN SOURCES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PRE-TREATMENT; RHODAMINE B; SODIUM TUNGSTATE; SOLUTION COMBUSTION METHOD; TIO; UV- AND; UV-VIS ABSORBANCE; VISIBLE-LIGHT ACTIVITY;

PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHYSISORPTION; SODIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; UREA; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

PHOTOCATALYSTS;

NANOMATERIAL; NITROGEN; RHODAMINE; RHODAMINE B; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIGHT; PHOTOLYSIS; POLLUTANT; POROSITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CATALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; LIGHT; NANOSTRUCTURES; NITROGEN; PHOTOLYSIS; POROSITY; RHODAMINES; TITANIUM; TUNGSTEN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84868122896     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/47/475706     Document Type: Article

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