A comparative photocatalytic activity of titanium dioxide and zinc oxide by investigating the degradation of vanillin

Desalination

Volumn 249, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 535-540

  Qamar, M ^a   Muneer, M ^b  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Photocatalysis; Semiconductor; Titanium dioxide; Vanillin; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS; CATALYST CONCENTRATION; DEGRADATION RATE; DEGUSSA P25; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; IRRADIATION TIME; MODEL COMPOUND; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; SEMICONDUCTOR; SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATIONS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; ZNO;

DEGRADATION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATES; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

TITANIUM OXIDES;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PH; TITANIUM; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; ZINC;

EID: 71249135139     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2009.01.022     Document Type: Article

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