A novel CeO2/Bi4Ti3O12composite heterojunction structure with an enhanced photocatalytic activity for bisphenol A

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 688, Issue , 2016, Pages 487-496

  Liu, Yongbao ^a   Zhu, Gangqiang ^a,b   Gao, JianZhi ^a   Hojamberdiev, Mirabbos ^a,c   Lu, Hongbin ^a   Zhu, Runliang ^b   Wei, Xiumei ^a   Liu, Peng ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c TURIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY IN TASHKENT   (Uzbekistan)

Author keywords

CeO2 Bi4Ti3O12; Composite; Molten salt method; Nanosheet; Photocatalytic activity; Semiconductor

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXATION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUSED SALTS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOSHEETS; PHENOLS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CEO2/BI4TI3O12; COMPOSITE PHOTOCATALYSTS; ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; HETEROJUNCTION STRUCTURES; MOLTEN SALT METHOD; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION MECHANISM;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84978422602     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.07.054     Document Type: Article

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