Fabrication of a Porous TiO2-Coated Silica Glass Tube and Its Application for a Handy Water Purification Unit

A simple, handy, reusable, and inexpensive water purification unit including a one-end sealed porous amorphous-silica (a-silica) tube coated with 2 μm of porous TiO2 photocatalyst layers has been developed. Both TiO2 and a-silica layers were formed through outside vapor deposition (OVD). Raman spect...

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Main Authors: Tsuyoshi Ochiai, Shoko Tago, Hiromasa Tawarayama, Toshifumi Hosoya, Hitoshi Ishiguro, Akira Fujishima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:International Journal of Photoenergy
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/584921