Tungstate/titanate composite nanorod as an efficient visible light photo catalyst

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 235-236, Issue , 2012, Pages 307-315

  Sajjad, Ahmed Khan Leghari ^a   Shamaila, Sajjad ^a   Zhang, Jinlong ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Calcination temperature; Template free route; Tungstate ions; Tungstate titanate nanorods; Visible light photocatalyst

Indexed keywords

CALCINATION TEMPERATURE; DEGUSSA; ELECTRON-HOLE RECOMBINATION; HIGH SURFACE AREA; ONE-DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY; PHOTO-ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; RHODAMINE B; SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPLATE-FREE ROUTE; TUNGSTATE ION; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE REGION; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSTS;

AGGLOMERATION; CALCINATION; DEGRADATION; FABRICATION; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDE MINERALS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

NANORODS;

NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOROD; TITANATE; TITANIUM DERIVATIVE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TUNGSTEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANATASE; CATALYST; CATION; COMPOSITE; DEGRADATION; DYE; MANUFACTURING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REACTION KINETICS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TITANATE; TRANSFORMATION; TUNGSTEN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYST; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; INHIBITION KINETICS; LIGHT; MEASUREMENT; NANOFABRICATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CATALYSIS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HOT TEMPERATURE; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOTUBES; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; RHODAMINES; TITANIUM; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84865767994     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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