Removal of gaseous toluene by the combination of photocatalytic oxidation under complex light irradiation of UV and visible light and biological process

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 177, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 814-821

  Wei, Zaishan ^a   Sun, Jianliang ^a   Xie, Zhirong ^a   Liang, Mingyan ^a   Chen, Shangzhi ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biofilter; N TiO2 zeolite photocatalyst; Photocatalytic; Toluene; UV and visible light (VL) irradiation

Indexed keywords

N-TIO2/ZEOLITE PHOTOCATALYST; PHOTOCATALYTIC; TIO; UV AND VISIBLE LIGHT; UV AND VISIBLE LIGHT (VL) IRRADIATION;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; COMPLEXATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAS ABSORPTION; INTEGRATED OPTICS; IRRADIATION; OXIDATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; REMOVAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTE TREATMENT; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

LIGHT;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOLUENE; ZEOLITE;

ABSORPTION; BIOFILTRATION; CATALYSIS; IRRADIATION; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; TOLUENE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE TREATMENT; ZEOLITE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; OXIDATION; OXIDATION KINETICS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CATALYSIS; GASES; KINETICS; LIGHT; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; POROSITY; TITANIUM; TOLUENE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; ZEOLITES;

EID: 77749270387     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.12.106     Document Type: Article

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