All-solid-state Z-scheme system of RGO-Cu2O/Bi2O3 for tetracycline degradation under visible-light irradiation

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 313, Issue , 2017, Pages 508-517

  Shen, Hongqiang ^a   Wang, Jixiang ^a   Jiang, Jinhui ^a   Luo, Bifu ^a   Mao, Baodong ^a   Shi, Weidong ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cu2O; Graphene; Photocatalytic; Tetracycline; Z scheme

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; NANOCRYSTALS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

COMPOSITE PHOTOCATALYSTS; IN-SITU PRECIPITATION; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC SYSTEMS; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; TETRACYCLINE; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; Z-SCHEME;

PHOTODEGRADATION;

EID: 85007583428     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2016.11.161     Document Type: Article

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