Highly active photocatalytic coatings prepared by a low-temperature method

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 11238-11249

  Kete, Marko ^a   Pavlica, Egon ^a   Fresno, Fernando ^a   Bratina, Gvido ^a   Štangar, Urška Lavrenčič ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVA GORICA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Hydroxyterephthalic acid; P25; P90; PC500; Photocatalysis; Sol suspension; Titanium dioxide nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

COATING; FILTRATION; IMMOBILIZATION; LEACHING; LOW TEMPERATURE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SUBSTRATE;

NANOPARTICLE; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SILICON DIOXIDE; TEREPHTHALIC ACID; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CATALYSIS; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PHTHALIC ACIDS; SILICON DIOXIDE; TEMPERATURE; TITANIUM; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84907806635     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3077-3     Document Type: Article

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