Sonochemical fabrication of novel square-shaped F doped TiO2 nanocrystals with enhanced performance in photocatalytic degradation of phenol

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 237-238, Issue , 2012, Pages 38-45

  Yu, Changlin ^a   Fan, Qizhe ^a,b   Xie, Yu ^c   Chen, Jianchai ^a   shu, Qing ^a   Yu, Jimmy C ^d  

^a JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANCHANG HANGKONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

F doping; Phenol degradation; Sonochemistry; Square shaped

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; FABRICATION; FREE RADICALS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; NANOCRYSTALS; PHENOLS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SONOCHEMISTRY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

F-DOPING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTRA; PHENOL DEGRADATION; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; SONOCHEMICAL FABRICATIONS; SQUARE-SHAPED; UV-VIS DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

NANOCRYSTAL; NITROGEN; PHENOL; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER;

CATALYSIS; DEGRADATION; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IRRADIATION; LUMINESCENCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHENOL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; TITANIUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; NANOFABRICATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASOUND; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84866749332     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.07.072     Document Type: Article

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