Preparation of porous PPyTiO2 composites: Improved visible light photoactivity and the mechanism

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 236, Issue , 2014, Pages 480-489

  Li, Xiangcun ^a   Jiang, Guanglan ^a   He, Gaohong ^a   Zheng, Wenji ^a   Tan, Yi ^a   Xiao, Wu ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Composites; Macropores; Photoactivit; Polypyrrole; TiO2

Indexed keywords

HOLE-ELECTRON RECOMBINATION; INTERFACE INTERACTION; MACROPORES; ORGANIC-INORGANIC COMPOSITE; PHOTOACTIVIT; SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTOCATALYSIS; TIO; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; LIGHT; MONOMERS; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYPYRROLES; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 84888016082     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.10.057     Document Type: Article

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