Preparation of core-shell structured CoFe2O4 incorporated Ag3PO4 nanocomposites for photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes

Materials and Design

Volumn 109, Issue , 2016, Pages 354-360

  Gan, Lu ^a   Xu, Lijie ^a   Qian, Kun ^b  

^a NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b China Natl Cleaner Prod Center   (China)

Author keywords

Ag3PO4 CoFe2O4 nanocomposite; Dye degradation; Magnetically separable; Photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; DEGRADATION; DYES; ENERGY GAP; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POLLUTION; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

DEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; DYE DEGRADATION; MAGNETICALLY SEPARABLE; NOVEL NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; TUNGSTEN HALOGEN LAMP;

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EID: 84978977523     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2016.07.043     Document Type: Article

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