Preparation of graphene/TiO2 composites by nonionic surfactant strategy and their simulated sunlight and visible light photocatalytic activity towards representative aqueous POPs degradation

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 250-251, Issue , 2013, Pages 19-28

  Li, Kexin ^a   Xiong, Jingjing ^a   Chen, Tong ^a   Yan, Liushui ^a   Dai, Yuhua ^a   Song, Dongyang ^a   Lv, Ying ^a   Zeng, Zhenxing ^a  

^a NANCHANG HANGKONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Graphene; Heterogeneous photocatalysis; Nonionic surfactant; POPs; Solvothermal treatment; Titania

Indexed keywords

ALDICARB; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; GRAPHENE/TIO; HETEROGENEOUS PHOTOCATALYSIS; NORFLOXACIN; OPTICAL ABSORPTION PROPERTIES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POPS; RECYCLABILITY; RHODAMINE B; SIMULATED SUNLIGHT; SINGLE-STEP; SOLVOTHERMAL TREATMENT; TITANIA; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

DEGRADATION; GRAPHENE; NONIONIC SURFACTANTS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ALDICARB; GRAPHENE; NONIONIC SURFACTANT; NORFLOXACIN; RHODAMINE B; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; GRAPHITE; NITROGEN; RHODAMINE; SURFACTANT; TITANIUM;

ABSORBANCE; CARBON; CATALYSIS; COMPOSITE; LIGHT EFFECT; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PERSISTENCE; PHOTODEGRADATION; POROSITY; REACTION KINETICS; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACTANT; TITANIUM; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

ABSORPTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; IRRADIATION; MINERALIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POLLUTANT; POROSITY; SOLVOTHERMAL TREATMENT TECHNIQUE; SUNLIGHT; ADSORPTION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER POLLUTANT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ABSORPTION; ADSORPTION; ALDICARB; CATALYSIS; GRAPHITE; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NITROGEN; NORFLOXACIN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RHODAMINES; SUNLIGHT; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TITANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84874367062     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.01.069     Document Type: Article

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