DocumentCode
5325
Title
Rapid microwave-assisted synthesis of Bi2O3 tubes and photocatalytic properties for antibiotics
Author
Gehong Zhang ; Xian Zhang ; Yafan Wu ; Weidong Shi ; Weisheng Guan
Author_Institution
Sch. of Environ. Sci. & Eng., Chang´an Univ., Xi´an, China
Volume
8
Issue
4
fYear
2013
fDate
Apr-13
Firstpage
177
Lastpage
180
Abstract
Bismuth oxide (Bi2O3) nanotubes have been successfully synthesised via a rapid microwave-assisted synthetic method for the first time. A wide range of techniques, such as X-ray diffraction, field emission scanning electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, UV-vis absorption spectroscopy and photoluminescence were applied to characterise the obtained Bi2O3 tubes. Moreover, the photocatalytic properties of Bi2O3 in the degeneration of antibiotics, especially tetracycline (TC) and ciprofloxacin (CIP), were studied. In addition, it was found that it has better photocatalytic effect in degeneration of TC compared with CIP. Therefore this study is necessary and significant for further study of Bi2O3.
Keywords
X-ray diffraction; X-ray photoelectron spectra; bismuth compounds; catalysis; field emission electron microscopy; microwave materials processing; nanobiotechnology; nanofabrication; photodissociation; photoluminescence; scanning electron microscopy; semiconductor growth; semiconductor materials; semiconductor nanotubes; ultraviolet spectra; visible spectra; Bi2O3; UV-vis absorption spectroscopy; X-ray diffraction; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; antibiotics; bismuth oxide nanotubes; ciprofloxacin; field emission scanning electron microscopy; photocatalytic properties; photoluminescence; rapid microwave-assisted synthesis; rapid microwave-assisted synthetic method; tetracycline;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Micro & Nano Letters, IET
Publisher
iet
ISSN
1750-0443
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/mnl.2013.0074
Filename
6545077
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