Synthesis and photocatalytic activity of boron and fluorine codoped TiO2 nanosheets with reactive facets

Applied Energy

Volumn 112, Issue , 2013, Pages 1190-1197

  Wang, Bin ^a   Leung, Michael K H ^a   Lu, Xiao Ying ^a   Chen, Si Ying ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Codoping; Photocatalysis; Reactive facets

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DISINFECTION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FLUORINE; NANOSHEETS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOELECTRONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CO-DOPING; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC DYE DEGRADATIONS; REACTIVE FACETS; TIO; UV-VIS DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BIODEGRADATION; BORON; CATALYSIS; DYE; FLUORINE; LIGHT EFFECT; RADIATION BALANCE; REFLECTANCE;

EID: 84884204113     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.03.084     Document Type: Article

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