Biotemplated mesoporous Tio2/SiO2 composite derived from aquatic plant leaves for efficient dye degradation

Catalysts

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Yan, Zhiying ^a   He, Jiao ^a   Guo, Lei ^a   Li, Yueting ^a   Duan, Deliang ^a   Chen, Yongjuan ^a   Li, Junjie ^a   Yuan, Fagui ^a   Wang, Jiaqiang ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aquatic plants; Biotemplates; Photocatalysis; Titanium silicon oxides

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016084479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/catal7030082     Document Type: Article

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