Photocatalytic degradation of the diuron pesticide

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 163-167

  Bamba, Drissa ^a,b   Atheba, Patrick ^a,c   Robert, Didier ^a   Trokourey, Albert ^c   Dongui, Bini ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b Laboratoire de Chimie des Eaux   (France)

^c Universite de Cocody   (France)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Diuron; Photocatalysis; TiO2

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; HERBICIDES; METABOLISM; UREA;

CHLORINATED PESTICIDES; DIURON; MILLENIUM; P-25 DEGUSSA; PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION; ]+ CATALYST;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 47249099437     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-007-0118-x     Document Type: Article

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