Titania/carbon nanotube composite (TiO2/CNT) and its application for removal of organic pollutants

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 871-880

  Cao, Qiming ^a,b   Yu, Qiming ^a   Connell, Des W ^a   Yu, Gang ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Composite; Organic pollutants; Photocatalysis; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BENZENE DERIVATIVES; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; ELECTRON SCAVENGERS; NANOTUBE COMPOSITES; RECOMBINATION TIME; SUPPORT MATERIALS; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84891902228     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-013-0581-y     Document Type: Review

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