Effect of fuels on combustion synthesis of TiO2 - Towards efficient photocatalysts for methylene blue oxidation and Cr (VI) reduction under natural sunlight

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 228, Issue , 2013, Pages 545-553

  Daya Mani, A ^a   Rama Raju, B ^a   Xanthopoulos, N ^b   Ghosal, P ^c   Sreedhar, B ^d   Subrahmanyam, Ch ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY HYDERABAD   (India)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c DEFENCE METALLURGICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

C and N doping; Chromium; Methylene blue; Organic fuels

Indexed keywords

METHYLENE BLUE; METHYLENE BLUE OXIDATIONS; N-DOPING; NANOCRYSTALLINE TITANIA; ORGANIC FUELS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM); UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTRA;

AMINO ACIDS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS; FUELS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOELECTRONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

INSECTIVORA;

EID: 84878924293     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.05.025     Document Type: Article

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