Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue by WO3/ZnWO4 composites synthesized by a combination of microwave-solvothermal method and incipient wetness procedure

Powder Technology

Volumn 284, Issue , 2015, Pages 85-94

  Keereeta, Yanee ^a   Thongtem, Somchai ^a   Thongtem, Titipun ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Photocatalysis; Spectroscopy; WO3 ZnWO4 composites; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

BRUNAUER EMMETT TELLERS; DIRECT ENERGY GAPS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; EMISSION WAVELENGTH; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; SOLVOTHERMAL METHOD; UV-LIGHT IRRADIATION; UV-VISIBLE ABSORPTION;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

METHYLENE BLUE; NANOCOMPOSITE; TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE; TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC TUNGSTATE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BRUNAUER EMMETT TELLER ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; RAMAN SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SCHERRER FORMULA; SOLVOTHERMAL METHOD; SYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WETNESS PROCEDURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84934343596     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2015.06.046     Document Type: Article

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