Efficient visible-light-driven photocatalytic degradation of nitrophenol by using graphene-encapsulated TiO2 nanowires

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 283, Issue , 2015, Pages 400-409

  Lee, Hyun Gyu ^a   Sai Anand, Gopalan ^a   Komathi, Shanmugasundaram ^a   Gopalan, Anantha Iyengar ^a   Kang, Shin Won ^a   Lee, Kwang Pill ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

4 Nitrophenol; Composite titanium dioxide nanowires; Photocatalyst; Photosynergistic effect; UV vis spectrophotometry

Indexed keywords

4-NITROPHENOL; NITROPHENOLS; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOSYNERGISTIC EFFECT; TIO; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOWIRES; UV-VIS SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VISIBLE-LIGHT-DRIVEN;

PHOTOCATALYSTS;

4 NITROPHENOL; GRAPHENE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOWIRE; PALLADIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; 4-NITROPHENOL; GRAPHITE; NITROPHENOL; TITANIUM; WATER POLLUTANT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CATALYST; COMPOSITE; IRRADIATION; PALLADIUM; PHENOL; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TITANIUM; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSPINNING; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; NANOCATALYST; NANOENCAPSULATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT;

GRAPHITE; NANOWIRES; NITROPHENOLS; PHOTOLYSIS; TITANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84907992882     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.09.014     Document Type: Article

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