Mesoporous TiO2 nanocrystals as efficient photocatalysts: Impact of calcination temperature and phase transformation on photocatalytic performance

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 264, Issue , 2015, Pages 417-424

  Faycal Atitar, M ^a   Ismail, Adel A ^b,c   Al Sayari, S A ^c   Bahnemann, Detlef ^a   Afanasev, D ^d   Emeline, A V ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b CMRDI   (Egypt)

^c NAJRAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Calcination temperatures; Herbicide imazapyr; Mesoporous TiO2; Phenol; Photodegradation

Indexed keywords

CALCINATION; DEGRADATION; HERBICIDES; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NANOCRYSTALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHENOLS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLLUTION; RATE CONSTANTS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; WEED CONTROL;

CALCINATION TEMPERATURE; IMAZAPYR; INITIAL DEGRADATION RATE; MESOPOROUS TIO; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURE DIRECTING AGENTS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84916608770     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.11.075     Document Type: Article

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