TiO2/Bi2O3 photocatalysts for elimination of water contaminants. Part 1: synthesis of α- and β-Bi2O3 nanoparticles

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 327-332

  Ayekoe, Prisca Yvette ^a,b   Robert, Didier ^a   Goné, Droh Lanciné ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ NANGUI ABROGOUA   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Bi2O3; Orange II; Photocatalysis; TiO2; Visible light; Water contaminants

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; CITRUS FRUITS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ABSORPTION PROPERTY; HETEROGENEOUS PHOTOCATALYSIS; ORANGE II; SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE; STRONG ABSORPTIONS; UV-VIS-DRS; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE LIGHT REGION; WATER CONTAMINANTS; XRD;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84938949129     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-015-0505-7     Document Type: Article

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