A novel charge-driven self-assembly method to prepare visible-light sensitive TiO2/activated carbon composites for dissolved organic compound removal

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 485-492

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Zou, Linda ^a   Wang, Lianzhou ^b  

^a SA WATER   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Dissolved organic compound; Self assembly; TiO2; Visible light

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON COMPOSITES; CARBON ADSORBENTS; CHEMICALLY MODIFIED; COLLOIDAL TIO; DISSOLVED ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HUMIC ACID; KINETICS STUDIES; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PSEUDO-FIRST-ORDER; SELF-ASSEMBLY METHOD; SODIUM STYRENE SULFONATES; SPENT ACTIVATED CARBON; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; TEST RESULTS; TIO; VISIBLE LIGHT; WET CHEMICALS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; DISSOLUTION; LIGHT SENSITIVE MATERIALS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SODIUM; STYRENE;

ORGANIC CARBON;

EID: 79952438382     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.01.061     Document Type: Article

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