Porous p-NiO/n-Nb2O5 nanocomposites prepared by an EISA route with enhanced photocatalytic activity in simultaneous Cr(VI) reduction and methyl orange decolorization under visible light irradiation

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 286, Issue , 2015, Pages 64-74

  Hashemzadeh, Fatemeh ^a   Gaffarinejad, Ali ^b   Rahimi, Rahmatollah ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Electron hole separation; NiO Nb2O5 nanocomposites; P n junction; Simultaneous Cr(VI) reduction and MO decolorization; Synergetic effect

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; NANOCOMPOSITES; NIOBIUM OXIDE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

CR REDUCTIONS; ELECTRON-HOLE SEPARATION; P-N JUNCTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC DECOLORIZATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; SYNERGETIC EFFECT; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS;

CHROMIUM; METHYL ORANGE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NICKEL; NIOBIUM; AZO COMPOUND; CHROMIUM HEXAVALENT ION; COLORING AGENT; NIOBIUM PENTOXIDE; OXIDE; POLYMER; WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CATALYSIS; CHROMIUM; COMPOSITE; DYE; IRRADIANCE; NICKEL; NIOBIUM; PH; PHOTODEGRADATION; POROSITY; REDUCTION; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; DECOLORIZATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PH; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; LIGHT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POROSITY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WATER POLLUTANT;

AZO COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; CHROMIUM; COLORING AGENTS; ELECTRONS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIGHT; NANOCOMPOSITES; NIOBIUM; OXIDES; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERS; POROSITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84920964427     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.12.038     Document Type: Article

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