Facile in situ synthesis of BiOCl nanoplates stacked to highly porous TiO2: A synergistic combination for environmental remediation

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 13994-14000

  Guerrero, Miguel ^a   Altube, Ainhoa ^b   García Lecina, Eva ^b   Rossinyol, Emma ^a   Baró, Maria Dolors ^a   Pellicer, Eva ^a   Sort, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Centro de Investigacion Tecnologica En Electroquimica   (Spain)

Author keywords

BiOCl; nanocomposite; photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPLEXATION; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; PHOTODEGRADATION; RHODAMINE B; SOL-GELS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BIOCL; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; IN-SITU SYNTHESIS; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; SOL-GEL REACTION; SYNERGISTIC COMBINATIONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE LIGHT;

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84906812179     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5033549     Document Type: Article

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