Enhanced photocatalytic activity of a double conductive C/Fe3O4/Bi2O3 composite photocatalyst based on biomass

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 304, Issue , 2016, Pages 351-361

  Gao, Nailing ^a   Lu, Ziyang ^a   Zhao, Xiaoxu ^a   Zhu, Zhi ^a   Wang, Youshan ^a   Wang, Dandan ^a   Hua, Zhoufa ^a   Li, Chunxiang ^a   Huo, Pengwei ^a   Song, Minshan ^b  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGSU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bi2O3; Biomass carbon; C Fe3O4; Photodegradation mechanism; Visible light photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRONS; PHOTOCATALYSIS;

COMPOSITE PHOTOCATALYSTS; ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; ONE-STEP METHODS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ELECTRONS; PHOTODEGRADATION RATE; SOLVOTHERMAL METHOD; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS;

PHOTOCATALYSTS;

EID: 84979664289     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2016.06.063     Document Type: Article

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