Enhanced photocatalytic properties of core@shell SiO2@TiO2 nanoparticles

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Volumn 179, Issue , 2015, Pages 333-343

  Ullah, Sajjad ^a,b   Ferreira Neto, Elias P ^a   Pasa, André A ^c   Alcântara, Carlos C J ^c   Acuña, José J S ^d   Bilmes, Sara A ^e   Martínez Ricci, Maria L ^e   Landers, Richard ^f   Fermino, Taina Zampieri ^a   Rodrigues Filho, Ubirajara P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Core@shell; Optical properties; Photocatalysis; Quantum size effect; Rayleigh scattering; SiO2@TiO2

Indexed keywords

CORE SHELL NANOPARTICLES; CRYSTALLINITY; ELECTRON RESONANCE; ELECTRONS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDE MINERALS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMAGNETISM; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; RED SHIFT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SILICON; SIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TEMPERATURE; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY SCATTERING;

ADSORPTION OF ORGANIC MOLECULES; BET SURFACE AREA MEASUREMENT; CORE SHELL; HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENTS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; QUANTUM SIZE EFFECTS; SIO2-TIO2; ZETA POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 84930194885     PISSN: 09263373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2015.05.036     Document Type: Article

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