Synthesis of Carbon Nanotube-Nanotubular Titania Composites by Catalyst-Free CVD Process: Insights into the Formation Mechanism and Photocatalytic Properties

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 51, 2015, Pages 28361-28368

  Alsawat, Mohammed ^a,b   Altalhi, Tariq ^a,b   Gulati, Karan ^a   Santos, Abel ^a   Losic, Dusan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b TAIF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

carbon nanotube; chemical vapor deposition; electrochemical anodization; photodegradation; titania nanotubes

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DEGRADATION; DEPOSITION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOTUBES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; VAPOR DEPOSITION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; YARN;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONS (CVD); ELECTRO-CHEMICAL ANODIZATION; NANO-TUBULAR STRUCTURE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC APPLICATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; TITANIA NANOTUBES; UV VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84952919409     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b08956     Document Type: Article

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