Two-dimensional TiO 2 -based nanosheets co-modified by surface-enriched carbon dots and Gd 2 O 3 nanoparticles for efficient visible-light-driven photocatalysis

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 396, Issue , 2017, Pages 185-201

  Lu, Dingze ^a   Fang, Pengfei ^a   Ding, Junqian ^a   Yang, Minchen ^a   Cao, Yufei ^a   Zhou, Yawei ^a   Peng, Kui ^a   Kondamareddy, Kiran Kumar ^a   Liu, Min ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STATE GRID ZHEJIANG ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Gd 2 O 3 TNSs modified by CDs; Removal of Cr(VI); Simultaneous photodegradation with RhB; Surface enrichment of CDs and Gd 2 O 3 nanoparticles; TiO 2 oriented nanosheets

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EFFICIENCY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSHEETS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

LARGE SPECIFIC SURFACE AREAS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; SHEET-LIKE STRUCTURE; SIMULTANEOUS PHOTODEGRADATION WITH RHB; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION; VISIBLE LIGHT INDUCED; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; VISIBLE-LIGHT-DRIVEN;

GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85005996134     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.09.022     Document Type: Article

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