Synthesis of BiVO4/TiO2 composites and evaluation of their photocatalytic activity under indoor illumination

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 11189-11197

  Longo, Giulia ^a,b   Fresno, Fernando ^a   Gross, Silvia ^b   Štangar, Urška Lavrenčič ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVA GORICA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bismuth vanadate; Composite photocatalysts; Coupled photocatalysts; Photocatalysis; Photosensitization; Titania

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTOR; CATALYSIS; COMPOSITE; INDOOR AIR; LIGHT EFFECT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SAMPLING; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

BISMUTH; BISMUTH VANADIUM TETRAOXIDE; MACROMOLECULE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; VANADIC ACID;

ABSORPTION; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; MACROMOLECULE; SYNTHESIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION, PHYSICOCHEMICAL; BISMUTH; CATALYSIS; LIGHT; LIGHTING; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; TITANIUM; VANADATES;

EID: 84907806466     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-2624-2     Document Type: Article

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