Photocatalytic degradation of polystyrene plastic under fluorescent light

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 4494-4499

  Shang, Jing ^a   Chai, Ming ^a   Zhu, Yongfa ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

PHOTOCATALYSTS;

POLYSTYRENES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COPPER DERIVATIVE; DYE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHTHALOCYANINE; PLASTIC; POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

PLASTIC WASTE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; FILM; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; IRRADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOTODEGRADATION; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

CATALYSIS; COLORING AGENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; INDOLES; LIGHT; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLYSTYRENES; TITANIUM;

EID: 0141993701     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0209464     Document Type: Article

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