Self-Sensitized Photocatalytic Degradation of Colorless Organic Pollutants Attached to Rutile Nanorods - Experimental and Theoretical DFT+D Studies

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 5442-5456

  Qi, Kezhen ^a   Zasada, Filip ^a   Piskorz, Witold ^a   Indyka, Paulina ^a   Gryboś, Joanna ^a   Trochowski, Mateusz ^a   Buchalska, Marta ^a   Kobielusz, Marcin ^a   Macyk, Wojciech ^a   Sojka, Zbigniew ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CONDUCTION BANDS; DEGRADATION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENERGY GAP; LIGANDS; LIGHT; NANORODS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHENOLS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; POLLUTION; RATE CONSTANTS; SALICYLIC ACID; SCREENING; SPECTROELECTROCHEMISTRY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ELECTRON TRANSFER PATHWAYS; ELECTRONIC INTERACTIONS; LIGAND-TO-METAL CHARGE TRANSFERS; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTOCATALYST; SPECTROELECTROCHEMICAL;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84961730692     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b10983     Document Type: Article

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