Design and Development of Active Titania and Related Photocatalysts

Photocatalysis and Water Purification: From Fundamentals to Recent Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 75-102

  Ohtani, Bunsho ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activity property correlation; Crystallinity; Doping; Kinetics; Particle size; Photocatalytic activity; Recombination; Synergetic effect; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885535754     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527645404.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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