Preparation and photocatalytic activity of Nd-modified TiO2 photocatalysts: Insight into the excitation mechanism under visible light

Journal of Catalysis

Volumn 353, Issue , 2017, Pages 211-222

  Parnicka, Patrycja ^a   Mazierski, Paweł ^a   Grzyb, Tomasz ^b   Wei, Zhishun ^c   Kowalska, Ewa ^c   Ohtani, Bunsho ^c   Lisowski, Wojciech ^d   Klimczuk, Tomasz ^e   Nadolna, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

^e GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Action spectra analysis; Heterogeneous photocatalysis; Modified TiO2; Neodymium; Phenol degradation; Rare earth metal; TiO2; Visible light photoactivity

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; NEODYMIUM; PHENOLS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

ACTION SPECTRA; HETEROGENEOUS PHOTOCATALYSIS; MODIFIED-TIO2; PHENOL DEGRADATION; PHOTOACTIVITY; RARE EARTH METALS; TIO2;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 85026835840     PISSN: 00219517     EISSN: 10902694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2017.07.017     Document Type: Article

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