Tailoring the properties of immobilized titanium dioxide/carbon nanotube composites for photocatalytic water treatment

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 945-953

  Sampaio, Maria J ^a   Marques, Rita R N ^a   Tavares, Pedro B ^b   Faria, Joaquim L ^a   Silva, Adrián M T ^a   Silva, Cláudia G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Films; Methylene blue; Phenols; Photocatalysis; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE PHOTOCATALYSTS; IMMOBILIZED TITANIUM DIOXIDES; METHYLENE BLUE; PARA-SUBSTITUTED PHENOLS; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER TREATMENT; PHOTODEGRADATION OF METHYLENE BLUE;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DISPERSIONS; EFFICIENCY; FILMS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; PHENOLS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; SOL-GELS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84888397088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22133437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2013.08.014     Document Type: Article

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