Solar photocatalysis, photodegradation of a commercial detergent in aqueous TiO2 dispersions under sunlight irradiation

Solar Energy

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 525-532

  Oyama, Toshiyuki ^a   Aoshima, Akio ^a   Horikoshi, Satoshi ^a   Hidaka, Hisao ^a   Zhao, Jincai ^b   Serpone, Nick ^c  

^a MEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Concentrated sunlight; Detergent wastewaters; Solar photocatalysis; Titanium dioxide photodegradation

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DECOMPOSITION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; IRRADIATION; PH; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

PHOTOREACTIVE SYSTEMS; SUNLIGHT; WASTEWATER DETOXIFICATION; WHITENING AGENTS;

DETERGENTS;

CATALYSIS; DETERGENT; IRRADIATION; SOLAR POWER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 6044233208     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2004.04.020     Document Type: Article

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