Modulation of pore sizes of titanium dioxide photocatalysts by a facile template free hydrothermal synthesis method: Implications for photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine B

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 4368-4380

  Rasalingam, Shivatharsiny ^a   Wu, Chia Ming ^a   Koodali, Ranjit T ^a  

^a University of South Dakota   (United States)

Author keywords

degradation; hydrothermal treatment; photocatalysis; pore size; rhodamine B

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; RHODAMINE B; SOL-GELS; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENTS; MESOPOROUS TIO2; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; SOL-GEL TECHNIQUE; SURFACE HYDROXYL GROUPS;

PORE SIZE;

EID: 84923782008     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am508883f     Document Type: Article

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