Carbon materials as additives to WO3 for an enhanced conversion of simulated solar light

Frontiers in Materials

Volumn 3, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Carmona, Rocio J ^a   Velasco, Leticia F ^b   Laurenti, Enzo ^c   Maurino, Valter ^c   Ania, Conchi O ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DEL CARBÓN   (Spain)

^b ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heterogeneous photocatalysis; Nanoporous carbons; Photosensitization; Simulated solar light; Tungsten oxide

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON; CATALYSTS; DEGRADATION; MIXTURES; OXIDES; PHENOLS; PHOTOOXIDATION; POLLUTION; RHODAMINE B; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

HETEROGENEOUS PHOTOCATALYSIS; NANOPOROUS CARBONS; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; SIMULATED SOLAR LIGHT; TUNGSTEN OXIDE;

ADDITIVES;

EID: 85049304842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22968016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmats.2016.00009     Document Type: Article

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