Improved visible light photocatalytic activity of MWCNT/BiOBr composite synthesized via a reactable ionic liquid

Ceramics International

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 4607-4616

  Xia, Jiexiang ^a   Di, Jun ^a   Yin, Sheng ^a   Li, Huaming ^a   Xu, Li ^a   Xu, Yuanguo ^a   Zhang, Chunyan ^a   Shu, Huoming ^b  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HAINAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BiOBr; Composite; Ionic liquid; MWCNT; Photocatalytic

Indexed keywords

BIOBR; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; MWCNT; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; IONIC LIQUIDS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

COMPLEXATION;

EID: 84891372767     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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