Efficient solar photocatalyst based on cobalt oxide/iron oxide composite nanofibers for the detoxification of organic pollutants

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Asif, Safi Asim Bin ^a   Khan, Sher Bahadar ^a   Asiri, Abdullah M ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acridine orange; Brilliant cresyl blue; Co3O4 Fe2O3; Nanofiber; Organic pollutant; Solar photocatalyst

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CITRUS FRUITS; COBALT COMPOUNDS; DETOXIFICATION; DYES; ENERGY GAP; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCATALYSTS; NANOFIBERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ACRIDINE ORANGE; BRILLIANT CRESYL BLUE; CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; CO3O4/FE2O3; COMPOSITE NANOFIBERS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UV-VISIBLE SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84908029472     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-510     Document Type: Article

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