Photo-Catalytic Properties of TiO2 Supported on MWCNTs, SBA-15 and Silica-Coated MWCNTs Nanocomposites

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ramoraswi, Nteseng O ^a   Ndungu, Patrick G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Mesoporous; Photo catalyst; SBA 15; SBA MWCNT composite; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COATINGS; ENERGY GAP; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YARN;

ELECTRON-HOLE RECOMBINATION; HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; MESOPOROUS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; SBA-15; UV-VIS DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84945577963     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-015-1137-3     Document Type: Article

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