Modified microwave method for the synthesis of visible light-responsive TiO2/MWCNTs nanocatalysts

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-6

  Alosfur, Firas K Mohamad ^a   Jumali, Mohammad Hafizuddin Haji ^a   Radiman, Shahidan ^a   Ridha, Noor J ^a,c   Yarmo, Mohd Ambar ^a   Umar, Akrajas Ali ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROENGINEERING AND NANOELECTRONICS IMEN   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Hybrid nanocatalysts; Microwave; Photocatalytic

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; MICROWAVES; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCATALYSTS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

BRUNAUER EMMETT TELLERS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METHYLENE BLUE DYE; MICROWAVE TECHNIQUE; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT; VISIBLE LIGHT RESPONSIVE;

LIGHT;

EID: 84887293945     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-346     Document Type: Article

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