Preparation of TiO2, Ag-doped TiO2 nanoparticle and TiO2-SBA-15 nanocomposites using simple aqueous solution-based chemical method and study of their photocatalytical activity

Journal of Experimental Nanoscience

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 462-479

  Naik, Bhanudas ^a   Manoratne, Chinthan Hemapa ^b   Chandrashekhar, Akash ^a   Iyer, Abhishek ^a   Prasad, Vadakkethonippurathu Sivankutty ^c   Ghosh, Narendra Nath ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^c NIIST   (India)

Author keywords

anatase; chemical synthesis; nanostructured materials; photocatalyst; transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CALCINATION TEMPERATURE; CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; DEGRADATION OF METHYL ORANGES; ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA-ACETIC ACID; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; UV-VISIBLE SPECTROPHOTOMETER;

AZO DYES; CALCINATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); LOADING; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SILICATES; SILVER; SOLUTIONS; THERMOANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EDETIC ACID; METHYL ORANGE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOPARTICLE; SILICATE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION; NANOCATALYST; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUNLIGHT; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84876321009     PISSN: 17458080     EISSN: 17458099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17458080.2011.597435     Document Type: Article

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