International Journal of Photoenergy
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 426872, 6 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/426872
Research Article

Synthesis of Visible-Light-Activated Yellow Amorphous TiO2 Photocatalyst

1School of Chemistry, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, UK
2Centre for Research in Energy and the Environment, School of Engineering, The Robert Gordon University, Schoolhill, Aberdeen AB10 1FR, UK

Received 10 March 2008; Accepted 22 April 2008

Academic Editor: Russell. Howe

Copyright © 2008 Chamnan Randorn et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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