One pot solution combustion synthesis of highly mesoporous hematite for photocatalysis

Ceramics International

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 2806-2812

  Cao, Zhiqin ^a,b   Qin, Mingli ^a   Jia, Baorui ^a   Gu, Yueru ^a   Chen, Pengqi ^a   Volinsky, Alex A ^b   Qu, Xuanhui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b PANZHIHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

hematite; mesoporous; photocatalytic; solution combustion synthesis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; FUELS; HEMATITE; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; WATER POLLUTION;

COMBUSTION BEHAVIOR; FERRIC NITRATE; FUEL-LEAN CONDITIONS; MESOPOROUS; MESOPOROUS STRUCTURES; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; SOLUTION COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSTS;

COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84919459627     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2014.10.100     Document Type: Article

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