Photocatalytic activity of porous multiwalled carbon nanotube-TiO2 composite layers for pollutant degradation

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 317, Issue , 2016, Pages 52-59

  Zouzelka, Radek ^a,b   Kusumawati, Yuly ^c   Remzova, Monika ^a,b   Rathousky, Jiri ^a   Pauporté, Thierry ^c  

^a J HEYROVSKÝ INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

4 Chlorophenol; Carbon nanotubes; Nanocomposite; Photocatalysis; TiO2

Indexed keywords

CARBON FILMS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHARGE TRANSFER; COMPOSITE FILMS; DEGRADATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FILM PREPARATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POLLUTION; RATE CONSTANTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YARN;

4-CHLOROPHENOL; ADSORPTION EXPERIMENT; DIRECT-CHARGE TRANSFERS; INTERMEDIATE DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; TIO2;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLE;

ADSORPTION; ANATASE; CATALYSIS; COMPOSITE; FILM; FULLERENE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; KRYPTON; NANOPARTICLE; OXIDE; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; POROUS MEDIUM; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TITANIUM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84971238398     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.05.056     Document Type: Article

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