Morphological influence of TiO 2 nanostructures (nanozigzag, nanohelics and nanorod) on photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 400, Issue , 2017, Pages 184-193

  Khan, Sadaf Bashir ^a   Hou, Mengjing ^a   Shuang, Shuang ^a   Zhang, Zhengjun ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Galancing angle deposition technique (GLAD); Organic dyes; Photocatalytic degradation; Porous materials; Semiconductor; Surface area analysis

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; BIOMATERIALS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; DEPOSITION; DYES; GAS ADSORPTION; NANORODS; OXYGEN VACANCIES; POROUS MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SURFACE REACTIONS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

DEPOSITION TECHNIQUE; HIERARCHICAL NANOSTRUCTURES; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; NITROGEN ADSORPTION DESORPTION; ORGANIC DYE; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SURFACE AREA ANALYSIS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 85007489699     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.12.172     Document Type: Article

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