Tailored synthesis of anatase–brookite heterojunction photocatalysts for degradation of cylindrospermopsin under UV–Vis light

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 310, Issue , 2017, Pages 428-436

  El Sheikh, Said M ^a   Khedr, Tamer M ^a   Zhang, Geshan ^b   Vogiazi, Vasileia ^b   Ismail, Adel A ^a   O'Shea, Kevin ^c   Dionysiou, Dionysios D ^b  

^a CENTRAL METALLURGICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE CMRDI   (Egypt)

^b 705 Engineering Research Center   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatase; Brookite; Cyanotoxins; Degradation; Heterojunction; Photocatalytic

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; ENAMELS; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHASE COMPOSITION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SOLUTIONS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BROOKITE; CRYSTAL PHASE COMPOSITION; CYANOTOXINS; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; SURFACE AREA MEASUREMENT;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84966770015     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2016.05.007     Document Type: Article

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