TiO2/graphene oxide immobilized in P(VDF-TrFE) electrospun membranes with enhanced visible-light-induced photocatalytic performance

Journal of Materials Science

Volumn 51, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 6974-6986

  Almeida, Nuno A ^a   Martins, Pedro M ^b   Teixeira, Sara ^c   Lopes da Silva, José A ^d   Sencadas, Vitor ^b   Kuhn K ^c   Cuniberti, G ^c,e   Lanceros Mendez, S ^b,f   Marques, Paula A A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^e CENTER FOR ADVANCING ELECTRONICS DRESDEN CFAED   (Germany)

^f BASQUE CENTER FOR MATERIALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CARBON; DIELECTRIC LOSSES; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LIGHT; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTROSPUN MEMBRANES; LOW DIELECTRIC LOSS; NANO-COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; VISIBLE LIGHT INDUCED; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

FIBROUS MEMBRANES;

EID: 84964446480     PISSN: 00222461     EISSN: 15734803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-016-9986-4     Document Type: Article

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