Brookite, the least known TiO2 photocatalyst

Catalysts

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-73

  Di Paola, Agatino ^a   Bellardita, Marianna ^a   Palmisano, Leonardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brookite; Brookite films; Brookite nanostructures; Brookite based photocatalysts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879087534     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/catal3010036     Document Type: Review

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