Ordered mesostructured Cu-doped TiO2 spheres as active visible-light-driven photocatalysts for degradation of paracetamol

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 237, Issue , 2013, Pages 131-137

  Lin, Chin Jung ^a   Yang, Wen Ta ^a  

^a NATIONAL ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Mesostructure; Photocatalytic; Titania; Visible light

Indexed keywords

MESOSTRUCTURES; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; TITANIA; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT-DRIVEN PHOTOCATALYSTS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; COPPER; LIGHT; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOELECTRONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84887002732     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.10.027     Document Type: Article

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