Preparation and characterization of CuCrO2/TiO2 heterostructure photocatalyst with enhanced photocatalytic activity

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 347, Issue , 2015, Pages 747-754

  Xiong, Dehua ^a,b   Chang, Haimei ^a   Zhang, Qingqing ^a   Tian, Shouqin ^a   Liu, Baoshun ^a   Zhao, Xiujian ^a  

^a Wuhan University of Technology   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

CuCrO2 nanoparticles; CuCrO2 TiO2; p n heterojunction; Photocatalysta; TiO2 nanorod array

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; COPPER COMPOUNDS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SOLUTIONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CUCRO2/TIO2; DEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; NANO-ROD ARRAYS; P-N HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOCATALYSTA; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES;

COPPER COMPOUNDS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84949827708     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.04.188     Document Type: Article

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