Preparation of novel hetero-nanostructures and high efficient visible light-active photocatalyst using incorporation of CNT as an electron-transfer channel into the support TiO2 and PbS

Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 748-757

  Hamadanian, M ^a   Jabbari, V ^a   Shamshiri, M ^a   Asad, M ^b   Mutlay, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHAN   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c Grafen Chemical Industries Co   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hetero nanostructures; PbS QDs; PbS CNT; TiO2 CNT; Visible light photocatalyst

Indexed keywords

HETERO-NANOSTRUCTURES; PBS-QDS; PBS/CNT; TIO; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSTS;

AZO DYES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LEAD; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTODEGRADATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

PHOTOCATALYSTS;

EID: 84880625366     PISSN: 18761070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2013.01.018     Document Type: Article

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