Controlled synthesis of TiO2 nanorod arrays immobilized on ceramic membranes with enhanced photocatalytic performance

Ceramics International

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 7261-7270

  Zhang, Shuai ^a   Du, Yan ^a   Jiang, Hong ^a   Liu, Yefei ^a   Chen, Rizhi ^a  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ceramic membranes; Controllable synthesis; Ion effects; Photocatalytic degradation; TiO2 nanorod arrays

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; IONS; MEMBRANES; NANORODS; NANOSHEETS; NANOSPHERES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POSITIVE IONS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CONTROLLABLE SYNTHESIS; ION EFFECT; NANO-ROD ARRAYS; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC MATERIALS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; TWO-STEP HYDROTHERMAL METHOD;

CERAMIC MEMBRANES;

EID: 85014454378     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2017.03.019     Document Type: Article

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