Photoelectrocatalytic oxidation of Rhodamine B with sprayed α-Fe2O3 photocatalyst

Materials Express

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 247-255

  Mahadik, Mahadeo ^a   Shinde, Sambhaji ^a   Mohite, Vijay ^a   Kumbhar, Sarita ^a   Rajpure, Kesu ^a   Moholkar, Annasaheb ^a   Kim, Jin ^b   Bhosale, Chandrakant ^a  

^a SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fe2O3; COD; Photoelectrocatalysis; Rhodamine B (RhB); Spray pyrolysis; TOC

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883315825     PISSN: 21585849     EISSN: 21585857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/mex.2013.1120     Document Type: Article

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