Sol-gel synthesis of photoactive zirconia-titania from metal salts and investigation of their photocatalytic properties in the photodegradation of methylene blue

Powder Technology

Volumn 258, Issue , 2014, Pages 99-109

  Shao, Godlisten N ^a,b   Imran, S M ^a   Jeon, Sun Jeong ^a   Engole, Marion ^c   Abbas, Nadir ^a   Salman Haider, M ^a   Kang, Shin Jae ^a   Kim, Hee Taik ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^c BUSITEMA UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Photodegradation; Sol gel process; Zirconia titania; Zirconyl nitrate

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CALCINATION; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GRAIN GROWTH; METALS; NITRATES; OXIDE MINERALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; PHOTODEGRADATION; SINTERING; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZIRCONIA;

BIODEGRADABLE POLLUTANTS; CALCINATION TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PURIFICATIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTODEGRADATION OF METHYLENE BLUE; REFLECTANCE SPECTROMETRY; TITANIA; ZIRCONYL NITRATES;

SOL-GEL PROCESS;

METAL; METHYLENE BLUE; SURFACTANT; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CRYSTALLIZATION; DECOLORIZATION; DISPERSION; GEL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT; PURIFICATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84896461782     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2014.03.024     Document Type: Article

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