Synthesis and photo-degradation application of WO3/TiO2 hollow spheres

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 189, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 329-335

  Lv, Kezhen ^a,b   Li, Jie ^a,b   Qing, Xiaoxia ^a,b   Li, Wenzhang ^a,b   Chen, Qiyuan ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon sphere template; Hollow sphere; Methylene blue; Photo degradation; WO3 TiO2

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION EDGES; APPARENT RATE CONSTANT; AVERAGE DIAMETER; CARBON SPHERES; COMPOSITE PHOTOCATALYSTS; HOLLOW SPHERE; METHYLENE BLUE; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PORE DIAMETERS; RED-SHIFTED; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; SHELL THICKNESS; TEMPLATE METHODS; TIO; UV AND VISIBLE LIGHT; UV IRRADIATION; UV-VIS DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTRA; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE REGION; WAVELENGTH RANGES; WO3/TIO2;

ABSORPTION; DEGRADATION; IRRADIATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOEXCITATION; RATE CONSTANTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

SPHERES;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE; TUNGSTEN OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORBANCE; CATALYST; DYE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IRRADIANCE; ISOTHERM; PHOTODEGRADATION; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; TITANIUM; TUNGSTEN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISIBLE SPECTRUM; WAVELENGTH; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOTHERM; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTODEGRADATION; POROSITY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

LIGHT; NANOCOMPOSITES; OXIDES; PHOTOLYSIS; POROSITY; TITANIUM; TUNGSTEN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 79953772474     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.02.038     Document Type: Article

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