Layer-by-Layer TiO2/WO3 Thin films as efficient photocatalytic self-cleaning surfaces

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 16859-16866

  Patrocinio, Antonio Otavio T ^a   Paula, Leonardo F ^a   Paniago, Roberto M ^b   Freitag, Janna ^c   Bahnemann, Detlef W ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

layer by layer; metal oxides films; photocatalysis; self cleaning; TiO2 WO3 films

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; CLEANING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; METAL CLEANING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDE FILMS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SUBSTRATES; THICK FILMS; THIN FILMS; TIN OXIDES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; LAYER BY LAYER; LAYER-BY-LAYER TECHNIQUES; METAL OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; METAL OXIDES; SELF CLEANING; UV-VIS SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 84907890032     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am504269a     Document Type: Article

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