Silica-titania composite aerogel photocatalysts by chemical liquid deposition of titania onto nanoporous silica scaffolds

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 5400-5409

  Zu, Guoqing ^a   Shen, Jun ^a   Wang, Wenqin ^a   Zou, Liping ^a   Lian, Ya ^a   Zhang, Zhihua ^a  

^a Tongji University   (China)

Author keywords

chemical liquid deposition; photocatalyst; silica titania composite aerogel; sol gel; specific surface area

Indexed keywords

AFTER-HEAT TREATMENT; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COMPLEXATION; CRYSTALLINITY; DEPOSITION; HYDROLYSIS; LIQUIDS; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; PORE SIZE; SCAFFOLDS; SILICA; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CHEMICAL LIQUID DEPOSITION; HIGH PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; PHOTODEGRADATION OF METHYLENE BLUE; SILICA-TITANIA; SUBSEQUENT HYDROLYSIS; TITANIA NANO-PARTICLES;

AEROGELS;

EID: 84924599436     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5089132     Document Type: Article

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