Visible light photocatalytic degradation of organics on nanoparticles of bi-metallic oxides

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 89, Issue , 2012, Pages 98-106

  Ullah, Ruh ^a   Sun, Hongqi ^a   Ang, Ha Ming ^a   Tadé, Moses O ^a   Wang, Shaobin ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Methylene blue; Photocatalysis; Ta based oxide; Toluene; Visible light

Indexed keywords

FASTER RATES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPIES; GASEOUS TOLUENE; METHYLENE BLUE; ORGANICS; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES (SEM); SOLUTION METHODS; STABLE ACTIVITY; TERNARY COMPOUNDS; TIO; UV-LIGHT IRRADIATION; UV-VIS DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; UV-VIS LIGHT; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; METALS; OXIDES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TANTALUM COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOLUENE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

TANTALUM;

EID: 84863389970     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2012.01.014     Document Type: Article

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