Integrated ternary nanocomposite of TiO2/NiO/reduced graphene oxide as a visible light photocatalyst for efficient degradation of o-chlorophenol

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 181, Issue , 2016, Pages 563-573

  Sharma, Ajit ^a   Lee, Byeong Kyu ^a  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Efficiency; o chlorophenol; Photo degradation; Regeneration; Visible light

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IRRADIATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHENOLS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PORE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT; O CHLOROPHENOL; PHOTO DEGRADATION; PHOTO-CATALYSTS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; REGENERATION; TERNARY NANOCOMPOSITES; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSTS;

NICKEL OXIDE;

2 CHLOROPHENOL; GRAPHENE OXIDE; METAL OXIDE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NICKEL NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLE; 2-CHLOROPHENOL; CHLOROPHENOL; GRAPHITE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NICKEL; NICKEL MONOXIDE; OXIDE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER POLLUTANT;

CARBON; CATALYST; DEGRADATION; DIFFRACTION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LIGHT EFFECT; NANOPARTICLE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXIDE; REACTION KINETICS; SURFACE AREA; TITANIUM; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; DESORPTION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOCATALYST; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE AREA; SYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTANT;

CATALYSIS; CHLOROPHENOLS; GRAPHITE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOCOMPOSITES; NICKEL; OXIDES; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TITANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84978818281     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.07.016     Document Type: Article

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