Reactable ionic liquid induced homogeneous carbon superdoping of BiPO4 for superior photocatalytic removal of 4-chlorophenol

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 313, Issue , 2017, Pages 1477-1485

  Di, Jun ^a   Chen, Jun ^a   Ji, Mengxia ^a   Zhang, Qi ^a   Xu, Li ^a   Xia, Jiexiang ^a   Li, Huaming ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

4 Chlorophenol; BiPO4; Carbon superdoping; Photocatalytic; Reactable ionic liquid

Indexed keywords

LIQUIDS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; OXYGEN; PHOTOCATALYSTS;

4-CHLOROPHENOL; BIPO4; DOPANT PRECURSORS; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTO-CATALYTIC REMOVAL; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; SOLVOTHERMAL PROCESS; SUPEROXIDE RADICAL;

IONIC LIQUIDS;

EID: 85027917069     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2016.11.045     Document Type: Article

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