High photocatalytic activity of immobilized TiO2 nanorods on carbonized cotton fibers

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 263, Issue , 2013, Pages 659-669

  Wang, Bin ^a   Karthikeyan, Rengasamy ^a   Lu, Xiao Ying ^a   Xuan, Jin ^a,b   Leung, Michael K H ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbonization; Cotton fibers; Electron microscopy; Photocatalytic dye degradation

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CARBON FIBERS; CARBONIZATION; COTTON; COTTON FIBERS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; ENERGY GAP; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT; NANORODS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE-UV-VIS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; HIGH PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC DYE DEGRADATIONS; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTOMETERS;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON FIBER; DYE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOROD; NITROGEN; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION; CATALYSIS; COTTON; DYE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; IMMOBILIZATION; ISOTHERM; OXIDE; REFLECTANCE; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; DEGRADATION; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMOBILIZATION; ISOTHERM; LIGHT; ONE POT SYNTHESIS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PYROLYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON FIBERS; CARBONIZATION; CATALYSTS; COTTON; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

CARBONIZATION; COTTON FIBERS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PHOTOCATALYTIC DYE DEGRADATION; TIO(2) NANORODS;

ADSORPTION; CARBON; CATALYSIS; COLORING AGENTS; COTTON FIBER; ELECTRONS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; LUMINESCENCE; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOLYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; TITANIUM;

EID: 84889085055     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.10.029     Document Type: Article

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