Controllable hydrothermal synthesis, optical and photocatalytic properties of TiO 2 nanostructures

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 315, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 299-306

  Xu, Yanyan ^a   Zhang, Maocui ^a   Zhang, Miao ^a   Lv, Jianguo ^b   Jiang, Xishun ^c   He, Gang ^a   Song, XuePing ^a   Sun, Zhaoqi ^a  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEFEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Microstructure; Optical properties; Photocatalytic properties; Surface morphology; TiO 2 films

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ENERGY GAP; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROMETERS; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANATASE STRUCTURES; COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS; DIFFERENT SURFACE MORPHOLOGIES; IRREGULAR STRUCTURES; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; TIO2 FILM; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROMETERS;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84922828030     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.07.110     Document Type: Article

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