Mesoporous titania powders: The role of precursors, ligand addition and calcination rate on their morphology, crystalline structure and photocatalytic activity

Nanomaterials

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 583-598

  Masolo, Elisabetta ^a   Meloni, Manuela ^a   Garroni, Sebastiano ^a   Mulas, Gabriele ^a   Enzo, Stefano ^a   Baró, Maria Dolors ^b   Rossinyol, Emma ^b   Rzeszutek, Agnieszka ^c   Herrmann Geppert, Iris ^c,d   Pilo, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d HELMUT SCHMIDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

EISA method; Photocatalysis; Powders; Titania; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940828931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20794991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nano4030583     Document Type: Article

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