Chromium oxide loaded silica aerogels: Novel visible light photocatalytic materials for environmental remediation

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

Volumn 254, Issue , 2013, Pages 62-70

  Peiris Weerasinghe, Manindu N ^a   Klabunde, Kenneth J ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aero gel; Kinetics; Photocatalysis; Semiconductors; Silicon dioxide; Transition metal incorporation; UV and visible light

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874720290     PISSN: 10106030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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