Effect of metal ions (Ag, Co, Ni, and Pd) on the visible light degradation of rhodamine B by carbon-covered alumina-supported TiO2 in aqueous solutions

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1783-1794

  Mahlambi, Mphilisi M ^a   Mishra, Ajay K ^a   Mishra, Shivani B ^a   Krause, Rui W ^a   Mamba, Bhekie B ^a   Raichur, Ashok M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA-SUPPORTED; ANATASE PHASE; CARBON-COVERED ALUMINA; DOPED TITANIA; DOPED-TIO; HIGH SURFACE AREA; NANOCATALYSTS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PSEUDO-FIRST-ORDER REACTION; RHODAMINE B; SOLAR LIGHT IRRADIATION; TIO; TITANIA; VISIBLE LIGHT DEGRADATION;

ALUMINA; CARBON; CATALYSTS; DYES; METAL IONS; PALLADIUM; PHOTOCATALYSIS; REACTION RATES;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84873326510     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie3025505     Document Type: Article

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