Recent advances on TiO2 thin film based photocatalytic Applications (a review)

Current Nanoscience

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 271-285

  Patil, Meghshyam K ^a   Shaikh, Sharekh ^a   Ganesh, Ibram ^b  

^a DR BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR MARATHWADA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTRE FOR POWDER METALLURGY AND NEW MATERIALS ARCI   (India)

Author keywords

Degradation of organic pollutants; Dye sensitized solar cell; TiO2 thin film; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMPOSITE FILMS; FILM PREPARATION; ION IMPLANTATION; METAL IONS; METALS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLLUTION; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; THIN FILMS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; OPTICAL APPLICATIONS; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC APPLICATION; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; SACRIFICIAL REAGENT; TIO; WATER SPLITTING;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

ANION; CARBONIC ACID; DYE; FORMALDEHYDE; MALACHITE GREEN; METAL; METAL ION; METHYL ORANGE; METHYLENE BLUE; NITROUS OXIDE; RHODAMINE B; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AIR ANALYSIS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CHEMOSENSITIZATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRON; ELECTRON BEAM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FILM; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; LIQUID PHASE DEPOSITION; MATERIAL COATING; NANOFABRICATION; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCHROMISM; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOFREQUENCY SPUTTERING; REACTION ANALYSIS; SOL GEL DIP COATING TECHNIQUE; SPIN COATING METHOD; SYNTHESIS; VAPOR; VAPORIZATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WET DEPOSITION;

EID: 84930922305     PISSN: 15734137     EISSN: 18756786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1573413711666150212235054     Document Type: Article

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