Hybrid BiOBr-TiO2 nanocomposites with high visible light photocatalytic activity for water treatment

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 263, Issue , 2013, Pages 650-658

  Wei, Xian Xian ^a,b   Cui, Haitao ^a   Guo, Shaoqing ^c   Zhao, Liangfu ^a   Li, Wen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COAL CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

BiOBr; Hybrid; Nanocomposite; Photocatalysis; TiO2; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOBR; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; HIGH PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; HYBRID; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; TIO; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSTS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BISMUTH DERIVATIVE; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOCRYSTAL; OXYGEN; RHODAMINE B; BISMUTH; BISMUTH OXYBROMIDE; NANOPARTICLE; RHODAMINE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CATALYSIS; OXIDE; PHOTODEGRADATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISIBILITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; HYBRID; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; ONE POT SYNTHESIS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER TREATMENT; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ADSORPTION; BIOBR; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOLYSIS; PRESSURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIO(2); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOBR; HYBRID; NANOCOMPOSITE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; TIO(2); WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; BISMUTH; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; OXYGEN; PHOTOLYSIS; PRESSURE; RHODAMINES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM; WATER PURIFICATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84889101520     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.10.027     Document Type: Article

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