Fabrication of heterostructured Bi2O2CO3/Bi2O4 photocatalyst and efficient photodegradation of organic contaminants under visible-light

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 333, Issue , 2017, Pages 169-178

  Sun, Meng ^a   Li, Shuangli ^a   Yan, Tao ^a   Ji, Pengge ^a   Zhao, Xia ^a   Yuan, Kun ^a   Wei, Dong ^a   Du, Bin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JINAN   (China)

Author keywords

Bi2O2CO3 Bi2O4; Heterojunction; Organic pollutant; Photocatalysis; Visible light driven

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT; NANORODS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHENOLS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; POLLUTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOGENERATED CARRIERS; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; VISIBLE-LIGHT RESPONSIVE PHOTOCATALYSTS; VISIBLE-LIGHT-DRIVEN;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BISMUTH DERIVATIVE; BISMUTH TETROXIDE; CARBONIC ACID; DYE; NANOROD; PHENOL; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

CARBONATE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; HETEROGENEITY; NANOPARTICLE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OXIDE GROUP; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PHOTODEGRADATION; SEPARATION; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; DECOMPOSITION; LIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; ONE POT SYNTHESIS; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYST; PHOTODEGRADATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER TREATMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 85016062737     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.03.027     Document Type: Article

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