Review of the progress in preparing nano TiO2: An important environmental engineering material

Journal of Environmental Sciences (China)

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2139-2177

  Wang, Yan ^a   He, Yiming ^a,b   Lai, Qinghua ^a   Fan, Maohong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Formation mechanism; Nanomaterial; Photocatalytic environmental application; TiO2 preparation

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; WATER TREATMENT; YARN;

ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; FORMATION MECHANISM; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PREPARATION METHOD; REVERSE-MICELLE METHOD; SOLVOTHERMAL METHOD; SPECIAL STRUCTURE; TIO2 PREPARATION;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CATALYSIS; FORMATION MECHANISM; TITANIUM;

METAL NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; TITANIUM;

EID: 84925283981     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: 18787320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2014.09.023     Document Type: Review

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