Sol-gel synthesis of sodium silicate and titanium oxychloride based TiO2-SiO2 aerogels and their photocatalytic property under UV irradiation

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 231, Issue , 2013, Pages 502-511

  Kim, You Na ^a   Shao, Godlisten N ^a,b   Jeon, Sung Jeong ^a   Imran, S M ^a   Sarawade, Pradip B ^a   Kim, Hee Taik ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Ambient pressure drying; Photocatalysis; Sodium silicate; Sol gel process; TiO2 SiO2 aerogel; TiOCl2

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT PRESSURE DRYING; DEGRADATION OF ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; REFLECTANCE SPECTROMETRY; SODIUM SILICATE; TIO; TIOCL2;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CALCINATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; POWDERS; SILICA; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AEROGELS;

EID: 84882606499     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.07.072     Document Type: Article

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