Evaluation of sunlight induced structural changes and their effect on the photocatalytic activity of V2O5 for the degradation of phenols

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 286, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 127-135

  Aslam, M ^a   Ismail, Iqbal M I ^a   Salah, Numan ^a   Chandrasekaran, S ^a   Qamar, M Tariq ^a   Hameed, A ^a,b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

2 Aminophenol; 2 Chlorophenol; 2 Hydroxyphenol; 2 Nitrophenol; Phenol; Sunlight; V2O5

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; MINERALOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHENOLS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

2-AMINOPHENOLS; 2-CHLOROPHENOLS; 2-HYDROXYPHENOL; 2-NITROPHENOL; SUNLIGHT;

VANADIUM PENTOXIDE;

2 AMINOPHENOL; 2 CHLOROPHENOL; 2 NITROPHENOL; CATECHOL; PHENOL; TRITON X 100; VANADIUM PENTOXIDE; WATER; 2-AMINOPHENOL; 2-CHLOROPHENOL; 2-NITROPHENOL; AMINOPHENOL DERIVATIVE; CATECHOL DERIVATIVE; CHLOROPHENOL; ION; NITROPHENOL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; VANADIUM DERIVATIVE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; OXYGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHENOL; PHOTODEGRADATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACTANT; VANADIUM; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MINERALIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTON; PRECIPITATION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SOLUBILITY; SUNLIGHT; SYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PH; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

AMINOPHENOLS; CATALYSIS; CATECHOLS; CHLOROPHENOLS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRONS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NITROPHENOLS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHENOL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTONS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEMICONDUCTORS; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SUNLIGHT; VANADIUM COMPOUNDS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84927632936     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.12.022     Document Type: Article

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