TiO2-coated nanostructures for dye photo-degradation in water

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Scuderi, Viviana ^a   Impellizzeri, Giuliana ^a   Romano, Lucia ^a,b   Scuderi, Mario ^a   Nicotra, Giuseppe ^a   Bergum, Kristin ^c   Irrera, Alessia ^d   Svensson, Bengt G ^c   Privitera, Vittorio ^a  

^a CNR IMM   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

81.07. b; 81.15.Gh; 89.60.Ec; Nanostructure; PACS; Photocatalysis; TiO2; Water

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; AZO DYES; DYES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER; WET ETCHING;

81.15.GH; 89.60.EC; NANO-STRUCTURED TIO2; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; TIO2;

PHOTOCATALYSIS;

EID: 84919904565     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-458     Document Type: Article

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