CLEAN WATER: Water detoxification using innovative photocatalysts

Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-94

  Likodimos, Vlassis ^a   Dionysiou, Dionysios D ^b   Falaras, Polycarpos ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b University of Cincinnati   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced oxidation processes and technologies; Anion doped titania; Cyanobacterial toxins; Endocrine disrupting compounds; Photocatalytic membranes; Photocatalytic reactors; Visible light TiO2 photocatalysis; Water pollutants; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 77953029036     PISSN: 15691705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11157-010-9201-z     Document Type: Article

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