One-pot template-free synthesis of porous CdMoO 4 microspheres and their enhanced photocatalytic activity

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 387, Issue , 2016, Pages 202-213

  Madhusudan, Puttaswamy ^a   Zhang, Jinfeng ^a   Yu, Jiaguo ^a,b   Cheng, Bei ^a   Xu, Difa ^a,c   Zhang, Jun ^a,c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CdMoO 4; Mixed dye aqueous solutions; Photocatalysis; Porous microspheres

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AZO DYES; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; DYES; MICROSPHERES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SOLUTIONS; TEMPERATURE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIUM MOLYBDATE; CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; CDMOO4; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC DECOLORIZATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC TREATMENT; POROUS MICROSPHERES; SUITABLE CONDITIONS;

MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84976408174     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.06.028     Document Type: Article

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