Effect of acid nature in the starting solution on surface and photocatalytic properties of TiO2 thin films

Surface and Coatings Technology

Volumn 251, Issue , 2014, Pages 170-176

  Bensouici, F ^a   Souier, T ^b   Iratni, A ^a   Dakhel, A A ^c   Tala Ighil, R ^a   Bououdina, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOUMERDES   (Algeria)

^b KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

AFM; Photocatalysis; Sol gel dip coating; Thin films

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COATINGS; HIGHER ORDER STATISTICS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; PHOTOCATALYSIS; RIETVELD ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLS; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AFM; ANATASE TIO; NANOCRYSTALLINE ANATASE; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; SOL GEL DIP COATING; STRUCTURE AND MICROSTRUCTURES;

FILM PREPARATION;

EID: 84901637463     PISSN: 02578972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2014.04.021     Document Type: Article

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