Implications of mercury interactions with band-gap semiconductor oxides

Main Group Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-237

  Granite, Evan J ^a   King, William P ^b   Stanko, Dennis C ^a   Pennline, Henry W ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Band gap semiconductor oxide; Mercury; Photocatalyst; Photooxidation; Titania

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350156876     PISSN: 10241221     EISSN: 17451167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10241220802630568     Document Type: Article

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