Water capillary condensation effect on the photocatalytic activity of porous TiO2 in air

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 31, 2014, Pages 17710-17716

  Li, Ronghua ^a   Faustini, Marco ^a   Boissière, Cédric ^a   Grosso, David ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUIDS; PHOTODEGRADATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SATURATED FATTY ACIDS; SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERE COMPOSITION; CAPILLARY CONDENSATION; ELLIPSOMETRY POROSIMETRY; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTODEGRADATION ACTIVITY; REAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; TOTAL ORGANIC CONTENTS; WATER CAPILLARIES;

PHOTOCATALYSIS;

EID: 84905837073     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5046468     Document Type: Article

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