Efficient removal of methylene blue by photocatalytic degradation with TiO2 nanorod array thin films

Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 543-557

  Kerkez, Özge ^a   Boz, Ismail ^b  

^a BEYKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal method; Methylene blue degradation; Photocatalytic activity; TiO2 nanorod array

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; METHYLENE BLUE DEGRADATIONS; NANO-ROD ARRAYS; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTODEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; UV-VIS DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FILM PREPARATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; RATE CONSTANTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NANORODS;

EID: 84893669226     PISSN: 18785190     EISSN: 18785204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11144-013-0616-8     Document Type: Article

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