Fabrication of N-doped TiO2/activated carbon fiber composites with enhanced photocatalytic activity

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 1891-1900

  Guo, Xiaoling ^a   Dai, Jie ^a   Zhang, Kui ^b   Wang, Xiangdong ^b   Cui, Zhen ^a   Xiang, Jingyu ^b  

^a XI'AN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

activated carbon fiber; N doping; synergistic effect; titanium dioxide; visible light photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ACTIVATED CARBON; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CARBON FIBERS; COMPLEXATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FABRICATION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT; NITROGEN; ORGANIC POLYMERS; OXIDE MINERALS; POWDERS; RED SHIFT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON FIBER COMPOSITE; INTERSTITIAL NITROGEN; N-DOPING; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; VISIBLE REGION ABSORPTION; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS;

PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

EID: 84907190418     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: 17467748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517514532159     Document Type: Article

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