Controlled synthesis of uniform BiVO4 microcolumns and advanced visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity for the degradation of metronidazole-contained wastewater

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2837-2845

  Yu, Chongfei ^a   Dong, Shuying ^a   Feng, Jinglan ^a   Sun, Jingyu ^b,c   Hu, Limin ^a   Li, Yukun ^a   Sun, Jianhui ^a  

^a HENAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BiVO4; Metronidazole; Microcolumn; Orthogonal test; Photocatalytic; Visible light

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; BISMUTH VANADIUM TETRAOXIDE; COLORING AGENT; METHYLENE BLUE; METRONIDAZOLE; VANADIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; PHOTOLYSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BISMUTH; CATALYSIS; COLORING AGENTS; LIGHT; METHYLENE BLUE; METRONIDAZOLE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHOTOLYSIS; VANADATES; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84893800982     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-2224-6     Document Type: Article

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