Influence of the Dopant Concentration on the Photocatalytic Activity: Al-Doped TiO2

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 44, 2015, Pages 24695-24703

  Murashkina, Anna A ^a   Murzin, Petr D ^a   Rudakova, Aida V ^a   Ryabchuk, Vladimir K ^a   Emeline, Alexei V ^a   Bahnemann, Detlef W ^a,b  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; BIODEGRADATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); OXIDE MINERALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHENOLS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AL-CONCENTRATION; ALUMINUM CONTENTS; AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; DOPANT CONCENTRATIONS; PHENOL DEGRADATION; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 84946601334     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b06252     Document Type: Article

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