Sol–gel synthesis of vanadium doped titania: Effect of the synthetic routes and investigation of their photocatalytic properties in the presence of natural sunlight

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 351, Issue , 2015, Pages 1213-1223

  Shao, Godlisten N ^a,b   Imran, S M ^a   Jeon, Sun Jeong ^a   Kang, Shin Jae ^a   Haider, S M ^a   Kim, Hee Taik ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Calcination; Photodegradation; Sol gel; TiOCl 2; Vanadium doped titania

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CALCINATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GELATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SOLS; VANADIUM COMPOUNDS;

CALCINATION TEMPERATURE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTODEGRADATION OF METHYLENE BLUE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; TIOCL2; VANADIUM DOPED;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84964393218     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.06.047     Document Type: Article

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