The benefit of glass bead supports for efficient gas phase photocatalysis: Case study of a commercial and a synthesised photocatalyst

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 318-325

  Verbruggen, Sammy W ^a,b   Ribbens, Stefan ^a   Tytgat, Tom ^a   Hauchecorne, Birger ^a   Smits, Marianne ^a   Meynen, Vera ^a   Cool, Pegie ^a   Martens, Johan A ^b   Lenaerts, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coating; Ethylene; Photocatalysis; Titanium dioxide (TiO2); Trititanate nanotubes

Indexed keywords

CATALYST PARTICLES; CATALYST PELLET; CATALYST PROPERTIES; COATING PROCEDURES; GASEOUS PHASE; GASPHASE; GLASS BEAD; IMMOBILISATION; MIXED PHASE; PACKED BED REACTOR; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTON EFFICIENCY; STRONG CONTRAST; SURFACE AREA; SUSPENSION COATINGS; TIO; TRITITANATE NANOTUBES;

AIR CLEANERS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COATINGS; ETHYLENE; GASES; GLASS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; NANOTUBES; OXIDES; PACKED BEDS; PELLETIZING; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CATALYST SUPPORTS;

EID: 80053967069     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.09.038     Document Type: Article

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