Beaded ZnTiO3 fibers prepared by electrospinning and their photocatalytic properties

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 45, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 324-330

  Zhang, Chengcheng ^a   Li, Xiang ^a   Zheng, Tian ^a   Yang, Yang ^a   Li, Yongxin ^a   Li, Ye ^a   Wang, Ce ^a   Li, Lijuan ^b  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcination; Electrospinning; Methyl violet; Photocatalytic degradation; Sol gel

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CATALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION; DYE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; ZINC;

EID: 84916633388     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.692030     Document Type: Article

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