Facile synthesis of TiO2-RGO composite with enhanced performance for the photocatalytic mineralization of organic pollutants

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1927-1936

  Nainani, Roshan K ^a   Thakur, Pragati ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

Degradation; Methylene blue dye; Photocatalysis; RGO; TiO2

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; GRAPHENE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT; MINERALOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; OXALIC ACID; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POLLUTION; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BRUNAUER-EMMETT-TELLER SURFACE AREAS; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METHYLENE BLUE DYE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC MINERALIZATIONS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); RESEARCH REPORTS; UNIFORM DISPERSIONS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CARBON; GRAPHENE OXIDE; METHYLENE BLUE; NANOCOMPOSITE; OXYGEN; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLE; GRAPHITE; NANOPARTICLE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANATASE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; COMPOSITE; DEGRADATION; DISPERSION; DYE; MINERALIZATION; NANOPARTICLE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; DIFFRACTION; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; IRRADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MINERALIZATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOCATALYST; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYST; PHOTODEGRADATION; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RECYCLING; SURFACE AREA; SYNTHESIS; THERMOSTABILITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; PHOTOLYSIS; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CATALYSIS; GRAPHITE; LIGHT; METHYLENE BLUE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDES; PHOTOLYSIS; TITANIUM; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84964925982     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2016.039     Document Type: Article

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