Soft-chemical synthesis of mesoporous nitrogen-modified titania with superior photocatalytic performance under visible light irradiation

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 219, Issue , 2013, Pages 155-161

  Fu, Jie ^a   Tian, Yanlong ^a   Chang, Binbin ^a   Xi, Fengna ^a   Dong, Xiaoping ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Exfoliation reassembling; Mesoporous photocatalyst; Nitrogen modification; Titanate nanosheets; Visible light photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION DESORPTION ISOTHERMS; ANATASE NANOPARTICLES; CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; DEGRADATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ETHYLAMINE; EXFOLIATION-REASSEMBLING; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; INFRARED SPECTRUM; LAYERED TITANATE; MESOPOROSITY; MESOPOROUS; MESOPOROUS TITANIA; N-DOPED; NITROGEN-MODIFICATION; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; POROUS STRUCTURES; PROTONIC; SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTOCATALYST; TEMPLATE-FREE ROUTE; TITANIA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGES; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION; VISIBLE REGION; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS; VISIBLE-LIGHT RESPONSE; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRONS;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NANOSHEETS; NITROGEN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84873208691     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.01.032     Document Type: Article

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