Photocatalytic activity of kaolin–titania composites to degrade methylene blue under UV light irradiation; kinetics, mechanism and thermodynamics

Engineering & Materials Science

• Catalysts 10%
• Clay minerals 8%
• Composite materials 34%
• Costs 4%
• Degradation 16%
• Dyes 13%
• Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy 7%
• Impregnation 7%
• Irradiation 60%
• Kaolin 80%
• Nanoparticles 46%
• Photocatalysis 9%
• Photocatalytic activity 100%
• Photodegradation 19%
• Photolysis 10%
• Scanning electron microscopy 4%
• Temperature 2%
• Thermodynamics 50%
• TiO2 nanoparticles 8%
• Titanium 51%
• Titanium dioxide 61%
• Ultraviolet radiation 77%
• X ray diffraction 5%

Physics & Astronomy

• adjusting 5%
• anatase 56%
• catalysts 12%
• clays 7%
• composite materials 36%
• costs 9%
• degradation 19%
• diffraction 3%
• dosage 8%
• dyes 11%
• infrared spectroscopy 5%
• irradiation 37%
• kinetics 35%
• methylene blue 78%
• minerals 6%
• moisture content 7%
• nanoparticles 39%
• photolysis 7%
• scanning electron microscopy 4%
• temperature 1%
• thermodynamics 40%
• titanium 49%
• x rays 2%

Chemical Compounds

• Catalyst 4%
• Clay Mineral 5%
• Composite Material 29%
• Dye 6%
• Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy 2%
• Light Irradiation 52%
• Methylene Blue 51%
• Nanoparticle 22%
• Photocatalysis 4%
• Photocatalytic Activity 46%
• Photodegradation 9%
• Photolysis 4%
• Potential Barrier 6%
• Scanning Electron Microscopy 2%
• Surface 1%
• Thermodynamics 36%
• Time 1%
• X-Ray Diffraction 2%