Preparation and characterization of Cu2O-ZnO immobilized on diatomite for photocatalytic treatment of red water produced from manufacturing of TNT

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-68

  Zhu, Qingwei ^a   Zhang, Yihe ^a,d   Zhou, Fengshan ^a   Lv, Fengzhu ^a   Ye, Zhengfang ^b   Fan, Feidi ^c   Chu, Paul K ^d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cuprous oxide; Diatomite; Photocatalysis; Red water; Waste treatment; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; COMPLEXATION; COPPER OXIDES; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT; MANUFACTURE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE TREATMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

CUPROUS OXIDE; DIATOMITE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC TREATMENT; RED WATERS; TWO STEP DEPOSITIONS; VISIBLE LIGHT INDUCED;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

EID: 79957617346     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.03.048     Document Type: Article

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