Research Article

Factors Determining the Removal Efficiency of Procion MX in Waters Using Titanate Nanotubes Catalyzed by UV Irradiation

Table 1

Properties of TiO2 materials used in the photocatalysis experiments.

TiO2 materialsMorphology (by TEM)Particle size/pore size (nm)Crystalline phase (by XRD)BET surface area (m2/g)

ST-01Nanoparticles7–8Anatase300.0
Industrial TiO2Nanoparticles20–30Anatase120.0
TNT-100Nanotubes4.5 (pore size)Amorphous390.0
TNT-500Nanorods12.4 (pore size)Anatase106.3

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