One-pot synthesis of BiOCl half-shells using microemulsion droplets as templates with highly photocatalytic performance for the degradation of ciprofloxacin

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 389, Issue , 2016, Pages 742-750

  Mao, Danjun ^a   Yu, Anqing ^a   Ding, Shanshan ^a   Wang, Fei ^a   Yang, Shaogui ^a   Sun, Cheng ^a   He, Huan ^a   Liu, Yazi ^a,b   Yu, Kai ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Shanghai Academy of Environmental Science   (China)

Author keywords

Ciprofloxacin; Ionic liquid microemulsion; Photocatalysis; Photocurrent response; Ultrathin BiOCl half shells

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EMULSIFICATION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IONIC LIQUIDS; MICROEMULSIONS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BROAD SPECTRUM ANTIBIOTICS; CIPROFLOXACIN; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HALF-SHELLS; IONIC LIQUID MICROEMULSIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCURRENT RESPONSE; SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84982798277     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.07.178     Document Type: Article

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