Photocatalytic activities of ultra-small β-FeOOH and TiO2 heterojunction structure under simulated solar irradiation

Materials Research Bulletin

Volumn 68, Issue , 2015, Pages 133-141

  Chowdhury, Mahabubur ^a   Ntiribinyange, Mary ^a   Nyamayaro, Kudzanai ^a   Fester, Veruscha ^a  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

A. Composites; A. Nanostructures; A. Semiconductors; C. Transmission electron microscopy; D. Catalytic properties

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; DYES; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; IRRADIATION; METAL COMPLEXES; NANORODS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SINTERING; SOLAR RADIATION; TEXTILES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; EXCELLENT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; HETEROJUNCTION STRUCTURES; IDENTICAL CONDITIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; TEXTILE EFFLUENT TREATMENT; UV-VIS DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM;

COMPLEXATION;

EID: 84925982881     PISSN: 00255408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2015.03.044     Document Type: Article

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