Synthesis, characterization and demonstration of self-cleaning TiO 2 coatings on glass and glazed ceramic tiles

Progress in Organic Coatings

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1756-1760

  Murugan, M ^a   Subasri, R ^a   Rao, T N ^a   Gandhi, Ashutosh S ^b   Murty, B S ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTRE FOR POWDER METALLURGY AND NEW MATERIALS ARCI   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Light scattering; Methylene blue; Photocatalysis; Sol Gel growth; Visible light active

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BUILDING MATERIALS; CATALYSIS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CLEANING; COATINGS; COMPLEXATION; ENERGY GAP; GLASS; LIGHT; LIGHT SCATTERING; METAL IONS; METALS; NICKEL; NIOBIUM; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOL-GELS; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

METHYLENE BLUE; OPTICAL ENERGY BAND GAP; POLYMORPHIC TRANSITIONS; SELF-CLEANING COATINGS; SOL-GEL GROWTH; UV-VISIBLE ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT ABSORBANCE;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84889097815     PISSN: 03009440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.porgcoat.2013.05.012     Document Type: Article

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