Self-assembled hollow sphere shaped Bi2WO6/RGO composites for efficient sunlight-driven photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 316, Issue , 2017, Pages 778-789

  Dong, Shuying ^a   Ding, Xuhui ^a   Guo, Teng ^a   Yue, Xiaoping ^a   Han, Xiao ^a   Sun, Jianhui ^a  

^a HENAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bi2WO6; Graphene; Natural sunlight; Photocatalytic; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSITE FILMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DYES; EFFICIENCY; GRAPHENE; LIGHT; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; POLLUTION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CONTROLLABLE SYNTHESIS; NATURAL SUNLIGHT; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC MATERIALS; PREPARATION PROCEDURES; SECONDARY POLLUTION;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

EID: 85012966875     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2017.02.017     Document Type: Article

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