Magnetically recyclable Fe3O4/Bi2S3 microspheres for effective removal of Congo red dye by simultaneous adsorption and photocatalytic regeneration

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 179, Issue , 2017, Pages 184-193

  Zhu, Huayue ^a,b   Jiang, Ru ^a,b   Li, Jianbing ^b   Fu, Yongqian ^a   Jiang, Shengtao ^a   Yao, Jun ^a  

^a TAIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Bismuth sulfide; Congo red; Magnetic material; Photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; CATALYSIS; DISPERSIONS; DYES; ISOTHERMS; LIGHT; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC SEPARATION; MAGNETISM; MAGNETIZATION; MICROSPHERES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PORE SIZE; REUSABILITY; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION; SOLUTIONS;

BISMUTH SULFIDE; CONGO RED; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; EQUILIBRIUM AND KINETICS; HIGH-SATURATION MAGNETIZATION; LANGMUIR ISOTHERM MODELS; NARROW PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; PSEUDO-SECOND-ORDER KINETIC MODELS;

ADSORPTION;

EID: 85012206644     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: 18733794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2016.12.051     Document Type: Article

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