The effects of atmosphere and calcined temperature on photocatalytic activity of tio2 nanofibers prepared by electrospinning

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-9

  Hu, MeiLing ^a   Fang, MingHao ^a   Tang, Chao ^a   Yang, Tao ^a   Huang, ZhaoHui ^a   Liu, YanGai ^a   Wu, XiaoWen ^a   Min, Xin ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Photocatalytic activity; Sol gel

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM NITRIDE; AMMONIA; ELECTROSPINNING; FIBERS; NANOFIBERS; NITROGEN; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AMMONIA ATMOSPHERE; CALCINED TEMPERATURE; COMPOSITE FIBERS; CRYSTALLINE PHASE; ELECTROSPINNING TECHNIQUES; HIGH PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; INCREASING TEMPERATURES; TIO2 NANOFIBERS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84892525444     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-548     Document Type: Article

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