Visible-light active and magnetically recyclable nanocomposites for the degradation of organic dye

Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 4034-4044

  Niu, Helin ^a   Wang, Qinmin ^a   Liang, Hongxia ^a   Chen, Min ^b   Mao, Changjie ^a   Song, Jiming ^a   Zhang, Shengyi ^a   Gao, Yuanhao ^c   Chen, Changle ^b  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c XUCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Magnetic photocatalysts; Visible light irradiation

Indexed keywords

HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

DEGRADATION OF ORGANIC DYES; EXCELLENT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; MAGNETIC PHOTOCATALYSTS; TIO; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSTS; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84902593712     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma7054034     Document Type: Article

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