Palygorskite-TiO2 nanocomposites: Part 1. Synthesis and characterization

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 83-84, Issue , 2013, Pages 191-197

  Papoulis, D ^a   Komarneni, S ^b   Panagiotaras, D ^c   Nikolopoulou, A ^a   Li, Huihui ^d   Yin, Shu ^d   Tsugio, Sato ^d   Katsuki, H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Saga Ceramics Research Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anatase; Nanocomposite; Palygorskite; Photocatalytic activity; Titania

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTIONS; HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENTS; PALYGORSKITES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; SURFACE AREA ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; TITANIA; TITANIUM ISOPROPOXIDE;

AGGREGATES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCOMPOSITES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ABSORPTION; ANATASE; CATALYSIS; COMPOSITE; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; PALYGORSKITE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84885028440     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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