Facile synthesis of metal-doped titania nanospheres with tunable size exhibiting highly efficient photoactivity for degradation

Materials Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 171, Issue , 2016, Pages 162-170

  Yue, Xinzheng ^a   Jin, Xu ^b   Wang, Runwei ^a   Ni, Ling ^a   Jiang, Shang ^a   Qiu, Shilun ^a   Zhang, Zongtao ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical synthesis; Optical materials; Semiconductors; Sol gel growth

Indexed keywords

METAL IONS; METALS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SOL-GELS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

FACILE SYNTHESIS; FORMATION MECHANISM; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE; PREPARATION METHOD; ROOM TEMPERATURE SYNTHESIS; SOL-GEL GROWTH; VISIBLE LIGHT DRIVEN PHOTOCATALYSTS;

NANOSPHERES;

EID: 84954290522     PISSN: 02540584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2016.01.001     Document Type: Article

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