Morphology controlled bulk synthesis of disc-shaped WO3 powder and evaluation of its photocatalytic activity for the degradation of phenols

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 276, Issue , 2014, Pages 120-128

  Aslam, M ^a   Ismail, Iqbal M I ^a   Chandrasekaran, S ^a   Hameed, A ^a,b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Phenol degradation; Sunlight photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; REACTION INTERMEDIATES;

DEGRADATION OF PHENOLS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; PHENOL DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROCESS; SURFACTANT ASSISTED SYNTHESIS;

PHENOLS;

2 CHLOROPHENOL; 2 NITROPHENOL; ORGANIC CARBON; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; RESORCINOL; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; OXIDE; POWDER; TUNGSTEN OXIDE;

CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MINERAL PROPERTY; PHENOL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACTANT; TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINERALIZATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POWDER; SUNLIGHT; SYNTHESIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

CATALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OXIDES; PHENOLS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POWDERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TUNGSTEN; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84901238647     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.05.022     Document Type: Article

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