Hot-injection synthesis of bactericidal Sn-doped TiO2 nanospheres for visible-light photocatalysis

Materials Express

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 319-326

  Karunakaran, Chockalingam ^a   SakthiRaadha, Sakthidasan ^a   Gomathisankar, Paramasivan ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Disinfection; E. coli; Photocatalyst; Photodegradation; Sn TiO2

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871592466     PISSN: 21585849     EISSN: 21585857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/mex.2012.1084     Document Type: Article

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