Photodegradation of phenol by N-Doped TiO2 anatase/rutile nanorods assembled microsphere under UV and visible light irradiation

Materials Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 162, Issue , 2015, Pages 113-123

  Mohamed, Mohamad Azuwa ^a   Salleh, W N W ^a   Jaafar, Juhana ^a   Ismail, A F ^a   Nor, Nor Azureen Mohamad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Heat treatment; Nanostructures; Optical properties; Phase transitions; Sol gel growth

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BINDING ENERGY; CALCINATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HEAT TREATMENT; INFRARED DEVICES; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; MICROSPHERES; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NITROGEN; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDE MINERALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHENOLS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BRUNAUER EMMETT TELLERS; CALCINATION TEMPERATURE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; PHOTOCATALYST MATERIALS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; SOL-GEL GROWTH; UV-VIS-NIR SPECTROSCOPY;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

EID: 84938218343     PISSN: 02540584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2015.05.033     Document Type: Article

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