Effect of calcination temperatures on microstructures and photocatalytic activity of tungsten trioxide hollow microspheres

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 160, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 621-628

  Yu, Jiaguo ^a   Qi, Lifang ^a   Cheng, Bei ^a   Zhao, Xiufeng ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Hollow; Microsphere; Photocatalytic activity; Tungsten trioxide; Visible light

Indexed keywords

CALCINATION; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MICROSPHERES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; THERMOANALYSIS; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ADSORPTION/DESORPTION MEASUREMENTS; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; AVERAGE CRYSTALLITE SIZES; AVERAGE PORE SIZES; CALCINATION TEMPERATURES; DE-COLORIZATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; HOLLOW; HOLLOW MICROSPHERES; LIGHT IRRADIATIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; PORE VOLUMES; RHODAMINE B; SPECIFIC SURFACES; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TUNGSTEN OXIDES; TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE; TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDES; TWO PHASES; UV-VISIBLE; VISIBLE LIGHT; X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPIES;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

MICROSPHERE; OXIDE; RHODAMINE B; TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE; TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CATALYSIS; DYE; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; NITRIC ACID; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TUNGSTEN; VISIBLE SPECTRUM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CALCINATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DECOLORIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; METALLURGY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSPHERES; NITROGEN; OXIDES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMETHACRYLIC ACIDS; POROSITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; TUNGSTEN; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 54549096825     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.03.047     Document Type: Article

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