A Novel Approach to Well-Aligned TiO2 Nanotube Arrays and Their Enhanced Photocatalytic Performances

AIChE Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2134-2144

  Zhang, Weixin ^a,b   Chen, Gongde ^a,b   Yang, Zeheng ^a,b   Zeng, Chunyan ^a,b  

^a HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Anhui Key Laboratory of Controllable Chemical Reaction and Material Chemical Engineering   (China)

Author keywords

Degradation; Nanotube arrays; Photocatalysis; Rhodamine B; TiO2

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; CRYSTALLINITIES; NANOPARTICLE FILMS; NANOTUBE ARRAYS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; RHODAMINE B; TIO;

DEGRADATION; NANORODS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

NANOTUBES;

EID: 84878123827     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.13985     Document Type: Article

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