Investigation of the optical property and photocatalytic activity of mixed phase nanocrystalline titania

Applied Nanoscience (Switzerland)

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 839-847

  Paul, Susmita ^a   Choudhury, Amarjyoti ^a  

^a TEZPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Band gap; Carrier lifetime; Mixed phase; Photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CARRIER LIFETIME; ENERGY GAP; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SOLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; URANIUM METALLOGRAPHY; VANADIUM METALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DEGRADATION OF PHENOLS; MIXED PHASE; NANOCRYSTALLINE TITANIA; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; RUTILE PHASIS; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; VISIBLE REGION;

PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

EID: 85053442555     PISSN: 21905509     EISSN: 21905517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13204-013-0264-3     Document Type: Article

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