Dual-Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity of Fe-Deposited Titanate Nanotubes Used for Simultaneous Removal of As(III) and As(V)

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 35, 2015, Pages 19726-19735

  Liu, Wen ^a,b   Zhao, Xiao ^b   Borthwick, Alistair G L ^c   Wang, Yanqi ^a   Ni, Jinren ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

As; dual enhanced; Fe deposited; photocatalytic activity; titanate nanotubes; visible light

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CATALYSIS; LIGHT; NANOTUBES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS; SOLUTIONS; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTION; YARN;

APPARENT RATE CONSTANT; DUAL-ENHANCED; HIGH PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; SIMULTANEOUS REMOVAL; TITANATE NANOTUBES; VISIBLE LIGHT;

ADSORPTION;

EID: 84941096096     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b05263     Document Type: Article

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