Photocatalytic TiO2/carbon nanotube nanocomposites for environmental applications: An overview and recent developments

Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 471-509

  Lam, Sze Mun ^a   Sin, Jin Chung ^a   Abdullah, Ahmad Zuhairi ^a   Mohamed, Abdul Rahman ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

carbon nanotube; nanocomposite; photocatalysis; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; GASEOUS ENVIRONMENTS; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; INORGANIC POLLUTANTS; NANOCOMPOSITE CATALYST; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS; SYNTHESIS TECHNIQUES;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSTS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POLLUTION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84892901030     PISSN: 1536383X     EISSN: 15364046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1536383X.2012.690458     Document Type: Article

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