SiO2/TiO2 composite aerogels: Preparation via ambient pressure drying and photocatalytic performance

Ceramics International

Volumn 40, Issue 9 PART A, 2014, Pages 13781-13786

  Cheng, Shengjun ^a   Liu, Xinling ^b   Yun, Shan ^a   Luo, Hongjie ^a,b   Gao, Yanfeng ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Sol gel processes

Indexed keywords

CALCINATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HEAT TREATMENT; PORE SIZE; SOL-GEL PROCESS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ADSORPTION DESORPTION; AMBIENT PRESSURE DRYING; HEAT TREATMENT TEMPERATURE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; TIO; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTRA;

AEROGELS;

EID: 84905901875     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2014.05.093     Document Type: Article

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