Hydrothermal synthesis of meso/macroporous BiVO4 hierarchical particles and their photocatalytic degradation properties under visible light irradiation

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 6638-6645

  Madhusudan, Puttaswamy ^a,c   Kumar, Malahalli Vijaya ^b   Ishigaki, Tadashi ^c   Toda, Kenji ^c   Uematsu, Kazuyoshi ^c   Sato, Mineo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congo red; Melamine; Photocatalysis; Photodegradation; Visible light

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; DYE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; IRRADIATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

EID: 84880778645     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1694-x     Document Type: Article

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