Ease synthesis of mesoporous WO3-TiO2 nanocomposites with enhanced photocatalytic performance for photodegradation of herbicide imazapyr under visible light and UV illumination

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 307, Issue , 2016, Pages 43-54

  Ismail, Adel A ^a,c   Abdelfattah, Ibrahim ^b   Helal, Ahmed ^a   Al Sayari, S A ^c   Robben, L ^d   Bahnemann, D W ^e  

^a CMRDI   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^c NAJRAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^e LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Imazapyr; Mesoporous; Photocatalyst; UV and visible light illumination; WO3 TiO2

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; EFFICIENCY; HERBICIDES; LIGHT; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOCATALYSTS; WEED CONTROL;

IMAZAPYR; LARGE PORE VOLUME; MESOPOROUS; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTONIC EFFICIENCIES; TIO; UV AND VISIBLE LIGHT;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

HERBICIDE; IMAZAPYR; NITROGEN; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CATALYSIS; CATALYST; DEGRADATION; HERBICIDE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NANOPARTICLE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ACIDITY; ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DESORPTION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ILLUMINATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT INTENSITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REACTION TIME; SURFACE AREA; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84954305971     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.12.041     Document Type: Article

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