Enhanced photodegradation of dyes on titania-based photocatalysts by adding commercial GeO2 in aqueous suspension

Jiaqiang Wang; Yuyang He; Jun Tao; Jiao He; Wenjun Zhang; Sijiang Niu; Zhiying Yan

doi:10.1039/C002783A

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Enhanced photodegradation of dyes on titania-based photocatalysts by adding commercial GeO₂ in aqueous suspension†

Jiaqiang Wang,*^a Yuyang He,^a Jun Tao,^a Jiao He,^a Wenjun Zhang,^a Sijiang Niu^a and Zhiying Yan^a

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Abstract

Adding a small amount of commercial GeO₂ into aqueous suspension significantly enhanced the photocatalytic activity of titania-based photocatalysts for the degradation of dyes.

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Detailed synthesis, characterisation and measurement of photocatalytic activity, effect of adding GeO ₂ for the degradation of other dyes under only visible or UV light, effect of the amount of GeO ₂ and tert-butanol on the photodegradation yield of TiO ₂ PDF (436K)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C002783A
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 09 Feb 2010
Accepted: 27 May 2010
First published: 23 Jun 2010

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Chem. Commun., 2010,46, 5250-5252

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Enhanced photodegradation of dyes on titania-based photocatalysts by adding commercial GeO₂ in aqueous suspension

J. Wang, Y. He, J. Tao, J. He, W. Zhang, S. Niu and Z. Yan, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 5250 DOI: 10.1039/C002783A

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