Synthesis and characterization of TiO2 quantum dots for photocatalytic application

Journal of Saudi Chemical Society

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 589-594

  Gnanasekaran, Lalitha ^a   Hemamalini, R ^a   Ravichandran, K ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY S COLLEGE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Photocatalytic activity; Quantum dots; Recycle; Sol gel method; TiO2; UV light

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941314871     PISSN: 13196103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jscs.2015.05.002     Document Type: Article

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