Photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange on la-in co-doped TiO2

Current Nanoscience

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 582-587

  Zhang, Wenjie ^a   Xin, Hongliang ^a   Chen, Jinlei ^a   He, Hongbo ^b  

^a SHENYANG LIGONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

In; La; Methyl orange; TiO2 Photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AZO DYES; CITRUS FRUITS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); DYES; INDIUM; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PORE SIZE; REUSABILITY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

HIGH ADSORPTION CAPACITY; METHYL ORANGE; METHYL ORANGE DECOLORATION; MODIFIED SOL-GEL METHOD; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; TIO2 PHOTOCATALYSIS; TIO2 PHOTOCATALYST;

LANTHANUM;

INDIUM; LANTHANUM OXIDE; METHYL ORANGE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DESORPTION; DOPING; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84926210372     PISSN: 15734137     EISSN: 18756786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1573413710666140124205732     Document Type: Article

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