Construction of amorphous TiO2/BiOBr heterojunctions via facets coupling for enhanced photocatalytic activity

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 292, Issue , 2015, Pages 126-136

  Wang, Xiao jing ^a   Yang, Wen yan ^a   Li, Fa tang ^a   Zhao, Jun ^a   Liu, Rui hong ^a   Liu, Shuang jun ^a   Li, Bo ^a  

^a HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Amorphous TiO2; BiOBr; Facets coupling; Heterojunction; Visible light photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; BIODEGRADATION; BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; COMPLEXATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; OXIDE MINERALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; RATE CONSTANTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BIOBR; COMPOSITE PHOTOCATALYSTS; DEGRADATION OF METHYL ORANGES; DIRECT GROWTH; HETERO INTERFACES; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; TWO-COMPONENT; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS;

BROMINE COMPOUNDS;

BISMUTH DERIVATIVE; BISMUTH OXYBROMIDE; METHYL ORANGE; PHENOL; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BISMUTH; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BISMUTH; BROMINE; CATALYSIS; DYE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PHENOL; PHOTODEGRADATION; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

BISMUTH; CATALYSIS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; TITANIUM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84925450492     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.03.030     Document Type: Article

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