Ultraviolet-Visible Light-Sensitive High Surface Area Phosphorous-Fluorine-Co-Doped TiO2 Nanoparticles for the Degradation of Atrazine in Water

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 435-446

  Khan, Javed Ali ^a,b   Han, Changseok ^b   Shah, Noor S ^a,b   Khan, Hasan M ^a   Nadagouda, Mallikarjuna N ^c   Likodimos, Vlassis ^d   Falaras, Polycarpos ^d   O'Shea, Kevin ^e   Dionysiou, Dionysios D ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c S E T S COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

^d INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^e FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

atrazine; degradation; doping; fluorine; phosphorus; photocatalysis; sol gel; solar light; TiO2; visible light; water treatment

Indexed keywords

AIR CLEANERS; AIR PURIFICATION; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; DEGRADATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ENERGY GAP; FLUORINE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HERBICIDES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER TREATMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BRUNAUER-EMMETT-TELLER SURFACE AREAS; MESOPOROUS STRUCTURES; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC TREATMENT; PURIFICATION OF WATER; SOLAR LIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE LIGHT;

LIGHT;

ATRAZINE; FLUORINE; PHOSPHORUS DERIVATIVE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOTHERM; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POROSITY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84978128823     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: 15579018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2013.0486     Document Type: Article

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