Controllable crystallite and particle sizes of WO3 particles prepared by a spray-pyrolysis method and their photocatalytic activity

AIChE Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-49

  Arutanti, Osi ^a   Ogi, Takashi ^a   Nandiyanto, Asep Bayu Dani ^a,b   Iskandar, Ferry ^c   Okuyama, Kikuo ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITAS PENDIDIKAN INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^c BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Ammonium tungstate pentahydrate; Crystal; Nanoparticle; Photocatalyst; Spray pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM TUNGSTATE PENTAHYDRATE; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; PARTICLE FORMATION MECHANISM; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PRECURSOR CONCENTRATION; SYNTHESIS TEMPERATURES;

CRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS;

CRYSTALLITE SIZE;

EID: 84889646537     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.14233     Document Type: Article

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