Influence of post-treatment operations on structural properties and photocatalytic activity of octahedral anatase titania particles prepared by an ultrasonication-hydrothermal reaction

Molecules

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 19573-19587

  Wei, Zhishun ^a   Kowalska, Ewa ^a   Ohtani, Bunsho ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Octahedral anatase particles; Photocatalytic activity; Post treatments; Time resolved microwave conductivity; Titania

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; LIGHT; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; TIME; ULTRASOUND; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROWAVES; PARTICLE SIZE; SONICATION; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM; ULTRASONICS; WATER; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84919774909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules191219573     Document Type: Article

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