Visible-light-activated oxygen-rich TiO2 as next generation photocatalyst: Importance of annealing temperature on the photoactivity toward reduction of carbon dioxide

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 283, Issue , 2016, Pages 1254-1263

  Tan, Lling Lling ^a   Ong, Wee Jun ^a   Chai, Siang Piao ^a   Mohamed, Abdul Rahman ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Oxygen rich; Photocatalyst; Titanium dioxide; Visible light

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHARGE TRANSFER; ENERGY CONSERVATION; IONIZATION OF GASES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDE MINERALS; OXYGEN; PHASE COMPOSITION; PHOTOCATALYSTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; ANNEALING TREATMENTS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCATALYTIC REDUCTION OF CO; PLAUSIBLE MECHANISMS; TEXTURAL PROPERTIES; VISIBLE LIGHT;

LIGHT;

EID: 84940745659     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.07.093     Document Type: Article

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