Gadolinium nanoparticle-decorated multiwalled carbon nanotube/titania nanocomposites for degradation of methylene blue in water under simulated solar light

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 5597-5609

  Mamba, G ^a,b   Mbianda, X Y ^a,b   Mishra, A K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Gadolinium oxide nanoparticles; Multiwalled carbon nanotubes; Nanocomposites; Photocatalysis; Solar light; Titania

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON; CATALYSIS; DYE; GADOLINIUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIDE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTODEGRADATION; TITANIUM; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON NANOTUBE; GADOLINIUM; METHYLENE BLUE; NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; WATER POLLUTANT;

CATALYSIS; GADOLINIUM; LIGHT; METHYLENE BLUE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; TITANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84898900489     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-2499-2     Document Type: Article

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