Photocatalytic properties of mesoporous TiO2 nanocomposites modified with carbon nanotubes and copper

Ceramics International

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 11901-11906

  Nourbakhsh, Amirabbas ^a   Abbaspour, Sara ^b   Masood, Mahsa ^b   Mirsattari, Seyed Nezamoddin ^a   Vahedi, Azadeh ^c   Mackenzie, Kenneth J D ^d  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Copper; Mesoporous TiO2; Nanocomposites; Photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; COPPER; DEGRADATION; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; YARN;

DEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; DEGRADATION OF METHYL ORANGES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MESOPOROUS TIO; PHOTOACTIVE SYSTEMS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; TITANIUM ISOPROPOXIDE;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84992303434     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2016.04.112     Document Type: Article

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