Photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B by microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesized N-doped titanate nanotubes

Journal of Environmental Sciences (China)

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1505-1512

  Yan, Caiyun ^a   Chen, Ku Fan ^b   Lai, Chia Hsiang ^c   Lai, Shiau Wu ^d   Chang, Qing ^a   Peng, Yen Ping ^d  

^a LANZHOU JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b National Chi Nan University   (China)

^c CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Microwave hydrothermal; Photocatalytic degradation; Titanate nanotubes

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); DYES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; RATE CONSTANTS; SINTERING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FIRST-ORDER KINETIC MODELS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; MICROWAVE HYDROTHERMAL; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED HYDROTHERMAL; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC APPLICATION; TITANATE NANOTUBES;

NANOTUBES;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DYE; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NITROGEN; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLLUTANT; TITANATE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

NANOTUBE; RHODAMINE; RHODAMINE B; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE HYDROTHERMAL; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPECTROSCOPY; TITANATE NANOTUBES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

MICROWAVE HYDROTHERMAL; PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION; TITANATE NANOTUBES;

CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROWAVES; NANOTUBES; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; RHODAMINES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TITANIUM;

EID: 84903815404     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2014.05.017     Document Type: Article

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