Degradation mechanism and kinetic model for photocatalytic oxidation of PVC-ZnO composite film in presence of a sensitizing dye and UV radiation

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 154, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 230-236

  Chakrabarti, Sampa ^a   Chaudhuri, Basab ^a   Bhattacharjee, Sekhar ^a   Das, Paramita ^a   Dutta, Binay Kanti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Dye sensitizer; Kinetic model; PVC degradation; UV radiation; ZnO photo catalyst

Indexed keywords

DYES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DYE-SENSITIZER; KINETIC MODEL; PVC DEGRADATION;

COMPOSITE FILMS;

DYE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

COMPOSITE FILMS; DYES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CARCINOGEN; CATALYSIS; DIOXIN; DYE; EMISSION INVENTORY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; INCINERATION; MODEL VALIDATION; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOOXIDATION; PLASTIC; REACTION KINETICS; REACTION RATE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ZINC;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION KINETICS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOOXIDATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CATALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EOSINE YELLOWISH-(YS); FLUORESCENT DYES; KINETICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 43049144645     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.10.015     Document Type: Article

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