Well-dispersed mesoporous Ta2O5 submicrospheres: Enhanced photocatalytic activity by tuning heating rate at calcination

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 229, Issue , 2013, Pages 371-377

  Tao, Can ^a   Xu, Leilei ^a   Guan, Jianguo ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dispersibility; Heating rate; Mesoporosity; Photocatalytic hydrogen production; Ta2O5 submicrosphere

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIBILITIES; MESOPOROSITY; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; SUBMICROSPHERES;

ACETONE; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CALCINATION; HEATING RATE; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS;

TANTALUM OXIDES;

EID: 84880120663     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.06.012     Document Type: Article

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