Preparation and photocatalytic activity of La3+ and Eu 3+ co-doped TiO2 nanoparticles: Photo-assisted degradation of methylene blue

Journal of Rare Earths

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 746-752

  Shi, Huixian ^a   Zhang, Tianyong ^a   Wang, Hongliang ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

degradation; europium; lanthanum; methylene blue; photocatalytic activity; rare earths; titania

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; ENERGY GAP; EUROPIUM; EUROPIUM COMPOUNDS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LANTHANUM; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; METAL IONS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; RARE EARTHS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

METHYLENE BLUE; PARTICLE DIAMETER DISTRIBUTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA AND POROSITIES; TITANIA; UV-LIGHT IRRADIATION; UV-VIS DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 80052762391     PISSN: 10020721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0721(10)60535-2     Document Type: Article

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