Synthesis of erbium ions doped BiOBr via a reactive ionic liquid with improved photocatalytic activity

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 489, Issue , 2016, Pages 343-350

  Xia, Jiexiang ^a   Ji, Mengxia ^a   Li, Weibing ^a   Di, Jun ^a   Xu, Hui ^a   He, Minqiang ^a   Zhang, Qi ^a   Li, Huaming ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BiOBr; Ciprofloxacin; Er; Ionic liquids; Photocatalytic; Visible light

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY GAP; ERBIUM; IONIC LIQUIDS; IONS; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; LIQUIDS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOBR; CIPROFLOXACIN; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; UV-VIS DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

1 HEXADECYL 3 METHYLIMIDAZOLIUM BROMIDE; BISMUTH DERIVATIVE; BISMUTH OXYBROMIDE; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERBIUM; IONIC LIQUID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; ELECTRON; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; OPTICS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84947215814     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2015.10.037     Document Type: Article

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